Biography
Edward Morello has engaged extensively on health and social care issues through 40 debate speeches, with a particular focus on dentistry access and NHS services in West Dorset, including concerns about only half of young people seeing an NHS dentist in two years and the closure of dental practices. His contributions have also addressed community pharmacy funding pressures, rural healthcare barriers (including missed hospital appointments due to transport issues), and learning disability provision, alongside broader topics including mental health, elderly care, and public health. Beyond health, he has raised infrastructure and transport challenges affecting rural constituents' access to healthcare and other essential services.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…More than 300,000 people are currently on rural social housing waiting lists, and at current build rates, it would take 89 years to clear the backlog. I welcome the Bill’s measures to disapply right to buy in national parks and designated rural areas.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism51st of 89948.0
- Public health & prevention36th of 68830.0
- Mental health140th of 88024.0
- Dentistry access22nd of 19415.0
- Elderly care & frailty8th of 23612.0
- Palliative & end of life care158th of 5689.0
- Health inequalities48th of 2889.0
- Unpaid carers68th of 2839.0
- NHS waiting lists207th of 5346.0
- Adult social care & reform99th of 3766.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- Heart disease & stroke174th of 3983.0
- Dementia108th of 2513.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
- Maternity & neonatal238th of 4383.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
What they’ve said
“…Pharmacy First in January 2024, pharmacies in West Dorset have helped to avoid as many as 8,737 GP appointments. Those figures demonstrate the enormous contribution pharmacies make to our local NHS and why we cannot afford to lose them.”
Pharmacies: Government Funding · 2026-09-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Amendment 49 would require the dental funding formula to account for rurality, an ageing population, disability, transport costs and recruitment difficulties.…”
Health Bill · 2026-09-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ave to cover more miles, social care workers have to spend more time travelling with patients, and a child with special educational needs has to travel a larger distance to reach the right school. At the same time, Dorset has one of the oldest populations in the country: 31% of residents are aged 65 or over.”
Rural Upper-tier Local Authorities · 2026-09-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I could go on. We often discuss young people’s mental health in this House, and rightly so. Rural areas like West Dorset have worse access to services, and children often struggle to get the help that they need, but we should also recognise that sport is one of the most effective preventive public health interventions…”
Rugby in Schools · 2026-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…West Dorset has an ageing population, and many people rely on buses to reach GP surgeries, hospitals, pharmacies and shops. When the bus services disappear, independence disappears with them. Poor transport also increases pressure on the NHS, on social care and on local authorities—all these things are connected.”
Government Support for Bus Services: West Dorset · 2026-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
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