Biography
Janet Daby has engaged extensively with health and social care through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on health inequalities, rare diseases (notably as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on sickle cell and thalassaemia), and end-of-life care. A significant contribution was her speech on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in September 2026, in which she announced a change from her previous position on assisted dying. Her interventions have consistently emphasised accountability and transparency, including advocating for parliamentary oversight of specialised services commissioning and seeking government action on health disparities affecting ethnic minority communities.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Members are influenced by my contribution, so be it. I will get right to the point. I previously voted for assisted dying. I recognised then, as I do now, the deep turmoil that family members experience when they know that their loved ones are dying, or see them die.”
Record by topic
- Unpaid carers7th of 28363.0
- Learning disability & autism51st of 89948.0
- Mental health100th of 88036.0
- Care home closures & provider failure1st of 4712.0
- Rare diseases28th of 2029.0
- Adult social care & reform99th of 3766.0
- A&E & ambulance response55th of 2586.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
- Elderly care & frailty76th of 2363.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
- Maternity & neonatal238th of 4383.0
- Palliative & end of life care329th of 5683.0
What they’ve said
“…We are asking them to measure, publish and report, in order to ensure basic accountability for patients with rare conditions, and for geographically dispersed people, predominantly from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, so that they have services that work.”
Health Bill · 2026-09-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I thank the Minister for the Bill. I put it on record that I am chair of the all-party parliamentary group on sickle cell and thalassaemia. I rise to speak to new clause 162. It is well known that the NHS commissions specialised services unevenly across England.”
Health Bill · 2026-09-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…To give you an example, we looked at mental health in-patient settings. There is national guidance that says that people should not use risk assessment tools around self-harm, but when we looked we found that, on the ground, everyone was using these tools. We asked why that was, and we were given two reasons.”
Health Bill (First sitting) · 2026-06-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Alongside many inside the House and outside it, I condemn the attack on the Jewish-run ambulance service in Golders Green. The attack was clearly antisemitic, and it is right that the authorities treat it as such.”
Hatzola Ambulance Attack · 2026-03-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I saw that one of the difficulties that foster carers had was the assessment of children with special educational needs. It often made the placement and their home very vulnerable, and sometimes caused a placement to break down.”
Schools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and Thriving · 2026-02-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
Contributions reproduced under the Open Parliament Licence.