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Biography

Dr Zubir Ahmed has engaged extensively on health and social care through 40 debate speeches, drawing on his experience as an active medical practitioner and transplant and cancer surgeon. His contributions span multiple areas including end-of-life care, vascular disease, maternity services, NHS waiting lists, and digital health initiatives, with particular focus on the use of medical evidence and data to improve patient outcomes and reduce health inequalities. Recent speeches have addressed the Terminally Ill Adults Bill, vascular sector reform, and NHS data platforms, frequently contrasting service performance between England and Scotland.

Generated from their own Hansard record, below

“…The first is the idea of a “six months to live” label. “Terminal illness” is a fast-changing medical diagnosis in the modern medical world, and it is becoming an increasingly meaningless term.”

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Hansard ↗

Record by topic

  1. Mental health17th of 884105.0
  2. Cancer16th of 62760.0
  3. Palliative & end of life care34th of 53736.0
  4. Learning disability & autism124th of 90130.0
  5. Adult social care & reform14th of 37727.0
  6. NHS waiting lists25th of 53527.0
  7. Public health & prevention43rd of 69127.0
  8. A&E & ambulance response9th of 25927.0
  9. Heart disease & stroke10th of 40024.0
  10. Maternity & neonatal51st of 44115.0
  11. Diabetes15th of 19215.0
  12. GP access16th of 24215.0
  13. Women's health & gynaecology31st of 20412.0
  14. Hospital discharge / bed-blocking19th of 1396.0
  15. Health inequalities80th of 2896.0
  16. Rare diseases46th of 2026.0
  17. Respiratory (asthma/COPD)21st of 1426.0
  18. Dementia60th of 2516.0
  19. NHS & care workforce/staffing61st of 3046.0
  20. Medical ethics & regulation60th of 2216.0
  21. Assisted dying200th of 3903.0

What they’ve said

  • “…There have been cases elsewhere in the world where patients have denied themselves palliative care and pain relief to remain lucid in order to consent to their death.”

    Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “As a practising surgeon who deals with bile duct cancer, I can reassure my hon. Friend that there is almost never a reason that someone should be in that state, with feculent vomiting, if they were treated appropriately and all the relevant palliative care measures were in place.”

    Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “I speak on this matter as an active medical practitioner, a transplant surgeon and a cancer surgeon. Much of my clinical practice for the last 20 years has revolved around caring for unwell complex patients, many of whose illnesses flicker between the labels of “terminal illness” and “life-limiting illness”.”

    Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…n the country—a trained vascular surgeon, and a former Minister who was partly involved in bringing forward the cardiovascular modern service framework when I was in post. Vascular surgery was my bread and butter when I was a surgeon.”

    Vascular Sector Reform · 2026-09-10 · Read on Hansard ↗

  • “…Gentleman highlights should shock us all. If those were the statistics for dealing with any cancer, we would simply find them unacceptable. Does he agree that vascular disease, because it is not treated in the same way as cancer, in some cases ends up being treated as a “second-class” disease, and that we should be min…”

    Vascular Sector Reform · 2026-09-10 · Read on Hansard ↗

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