Biography
Dr Ahmed has engaged extensively on assisted dying and end-of-life care through debate speeches, drawing on his experience as an active transplant and cancer surgeon to raise concerns about the "six months to live" criterion's medical reliability and the adequacy of palliative care provision. He has also contributed to debates on vascular disease treatment equity, maternity care records access, NHS digital services, and health inequalities, frequently grounding his contributions in his clinical practice and comparative experiences across UK health systems. His engagement reflects a clinical perspective focused on evidence-based policy and the practical implications of legislative and service delivery changes for patient outcomes.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…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.”
Record by topic
- Mental health17th of 880105.0
- Cancer16th of 62260.0
- Palliative & end of life care41st of 56833.0
- Learning disability & autism122nd of 89930.0
- Adult social care & reform14th of 37627.0
- Public health & prevention43rd of 68827.0
- A&E & ambulance response13th of 25824.0
- Heart disease & stroke10th of 39824.0
- NHS waiting lists31st of 53424.0
- Maternity & neonatal50th of 43815.0
- GP access16th of 24115.0
- Diabetes15th of 19015.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)21st of 1426.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking19th of 1396.0
- Dementia60th of 2516.0
- Rare diseases46th of 2026.0
- Health inequalities80th of 2886.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing61st of 3026.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
What they’ve said
“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 ↗
“…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 · 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 ↗
“…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 ↗
“…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 ↗
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