Biography
Dr Mullan has engaged substantially on health and social care through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on end-of-life care and assisted dying, notably expressing a changed position on the Terminally Ill Adults Bill after reviewing the Gosport Hospital report. His contributions also address supporting families and carers, children's health, and mental health, alongside related advocacy on domestic abuse safeguarding and the criminal justice system's impact on vulnerable groups.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…I have spent most of my life as someone who was highly sympathetic to the cause of assisted dying and imagined that I would support it if I ever was an MP, but that changed in 2018 when I read the Gosport War Memorial hospital independent panel report published in that year.”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying31st of 37127.0
- Palliative & end of life care57th of 56824.0
- Learning disability & autism187th of 89921.0
- Mental health241st of 88015.0
- Public health & prevention125th of 68812.0
- A&E & ambulance response55th of 2586.0
- Elderly care & frailty30th of 2366.0
- Unpaid carers92nd of 2836.0
- Dementia108th of 2513.0
- Children's health56th of 1573.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- NHS waiting lists323rd of 5343.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
What they’ve said
“…lar, the arbitrary decision to implement it in four years’ time, regardless of what might be happening with our palliative care services, which have, even recently, faced new and very real funding challenges.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I also remember from my paediatrics placement a dynamic professor who sat us down and gave us a seminar about attachment theory. I was astounded to learn that, at age four, a child can be tested for whether they are attached to their caregivers; if they are not, that is enormous predictor of their future health outcome…”
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill · 2026-09-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I will also touch on the Bill’s terminology, and the fact that it talks about carers. I recently met a kinship carer in my constituency who was looking after her own grandchildren. Such people provide an enormous service to our society in so many different ways.”
Infants, Parents and Carers Bill · 2026-09-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It is also home to the suicide prevention-focused running group RunningSpace, founded by Jacky Youldon, who has direct experience of how exercise helped her. The Bexhill Family Collective provides a local nursery service, Dragonflies, as well as a community pantry, and outdoor learning and gardening activities for fami…”
Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation · 2026-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“If you will forgive me, Madam Deputy Speaker, I am talking about a major issue that relates directly to the estimates: the prison building programme, the need for that programme and what the Government are doing to manage the prison population. I believe it is directly related to the estimates in that regard.”
Home Office and Ministry of Justice · 2026-06-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
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