Biography
Jessica Toale has engaged extensively with health and social care through 26 debate speeches, covering a diverse range of topics including mental health, maternity care, learning disabilities, and public health. Her contributions have been notably driven by constituent cases, particularly around autism diagnosis pathways for women and girls (championing "Lolly's law"), the long-term health impacts of the diethylstilbestrol drug scandal, and sudden cardiac arrest awareness. She has also highlighted local health service improvements, NHS training priorities, and gaps in NHS dentistry access in her Bournemouth West constituency.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“I recently met my constituent Jan, whose daughter Ami died aged 29 of sudden cardiac arrest. I will be joining Ami’s friend, Keyleigh, this weekend on a sponsored walk from Hengistbury Head to Bournemouth to help raise awareness of the condition.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism140th of 89927.0
- Mental health123rd of 88027.0
- Cancer76th of 62218.0
- Heart disease & stroke41st of 3989.0
- Maternity & neonatal138th of 4386.0
- Dentistry access65th of 1946.0
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)21st of 1426.0
- NHS waiting lists207th of 5346.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
- Children's health56th of 1573.0
- Palliative & end of life care329th of 5683.0
What they’ve said
“…DES during pregnancy—the DES mothers—may face around a 30% higher chance of breast cancer. Female babies exposed in the womb—DES daughters—have around 40 times the risk of developing clear cell adenocarcinoma of the vagina and cervix.”
Diethylstilbestrol: Intergenerational Impact · 2026-06-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It has since been linked to breast cancer, cervical and vaginal cancers, infertility and a range of other serious reproductive and gynaecological issues. Yet despite the warning signs, the evidence of harm and the fact that other countries moved to withdraw or restrict its use, DES continued to be prescribed in Britain…”
Diethylstilbestrol: Intergenerational Impact · 2026-06-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Rita was prescribed DES when she was pregnant with Jan, but when Jan was just a toddler, Rita died of breast cancer. She was only 32. Jan herself later developed cervical cancer in her twenties. Because of the surgeries she had to undergo, she was told she may never be able to have children.”
Diethylstilbestrol: Intergenerational Impact · 2026-06-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…One of the most worrying examples of that is in screening. Current routine smear testing for cervical cancer is designed primarily to deal with and detect changes linked to HPV. It does not reliably detect clear cell adenocarcinoma—the rare cancer associated with DES exposure.”
Diethylstilbestrol: Intergenerational Impact · 2026-06-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…There are families living with unexplained patterns of gynaecological problems—infertility, pregnancy loss or cancer—without even ever knowing that DES could be part of the picture.…”
Diethylstilbestrol: Intergenerational Impact · 2026-06-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
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