Biography
Gill Furniss has engaged on health and social care through four debate speeches covering rare diseases, mental health, unpaid carers, and NHS waiting lists. She drew on personal experience as a young carer to highlight mental health struggles among young carers and their limited access to counselling services, and raised concerns about growing NHS waiting lists for gynaecological care. She also contributed to debates on the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme and violence against women and girls.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Clive Efford) for securing the debate and all the work that he and the all-party parliamentary group on haemophilia and contaminated blood have done. I also pay tribute to my right hon.”
Record by topic
- Mental health481st of 8806.0
- Rare diseases80th of 2023.0
- Unpaid carers158th of 2833.0
- NHS waiting lists323rd of 5343.0
What they’ve said
“I recently had the pleasure of meeting the Sheffield Young Carers action group and some of the wonderful people who it supports. I was a young carer myself and know the deep impact that that can have on a young life.”
Business of the House · 2025-10-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Waiting lists for gynaecological care have grown faster than those for any other specialty in recent years, leaving many women in agony. The women’s health strategy correctly identified some of these chronic issues, but in the absence of funding to back that up, we have gone further and further backwards from what we n…”
Endometriosis: Women in the Workplace · 2025-01-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…National Lottery these last few months, and had applied for funding from the Home Office and the suicide prevention grant fund to continue its work. Vida estimated that it saved other services about £50,000 a month through its complex mental health service.”
Violence against Women and Girls · 2024-11-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
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