Worthing West
LabourOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 54th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 4%. 67 contributions since 2024-07-23.
“…As we have heard, corridor care is one of the clearest signs of wider pressures across urgent and emergency care services, including rising demand, delayed discharge and constrained hospital capacity. As so much has already been said, I want to focus my remarks on a couple of areas.”
NHS Corridor Care · 2026-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I thank my hon. Friend for those excellent remarks, and I agree wholeheartedly. As I have said, corridor care is a symptom, and our challenge is to identify the underlying causes, rather than simply measure the symptoms.”
NHS Corridor Care · 2026-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It is one of the most pressing public health challenges that we face. The effectiveness of antibiotics underpins modern medicine and protects countless lives every day. Our NHS depends on those medicines continuing to work. Recent outbreaks of serious infectious diseases remind us just how much rests upon them.”
UK Aid Policy: Global Funding Trends · 2026-07-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The first line of defence against the next pandemic is not at Heathrow or Dover, it is in strong public health systems thousands of miles away. Our national health service and the health security of people across Britain depend on a global health system that works effectively for everyone.”
UK Aid Policy: Global Funding Trends · 2026-07-07 ·
“Q7. It is great to see the NHS moving forward, with a reduction in waiting lists and improving relations with our junior doctors, my colleagues. However, in order to keep our NHS working well in the long term, we must get serious about prevention.”
Engagements · 2026-06-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Health inequalities are driven by social determinants such as access to green spaces, which is directly associated with higher life expectancy. In my constituency of Worthing West, we have the lowest amount of green space per person in the country—less than a snooker table.”
National Planning Policy Framework: Proposed Health Inequality Duty · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
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