Jessica Toale is the Labour MP for Bournemouth West, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 250th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 20%. 25 contributions since 2024-09-12.
What they’ve raised
Jessica Toale has engaged extensively with health and social care through 25 debate speeches, with particular focus on vulnerable populations including women and girls with autism, DES scandal survivors, and maternity services. She has championed specific campaigns such as Lolly's law for autism and mental health reform, and highlighted local NHS investment in her Bournemouth West constituency while raising systemic issues including dentistry access, waiting times, and medical training. Her contributions reflect both constituency-specific advocacy and broader health inequalities, drawing on constituent stories to illustrate gaps in diagnosis, care pathways and institutional safeguarding.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Mental health122nd of 86727.0
- Learning disability & autism136th of 89827.0
- Cancer73rd of 61318.0
- Maternity & neonatal130th of 4276.0
- Heart disease & stroke69th of 3866.0
- Dentistry access64th of 1916.0
- Public health & prevention249th of 6836.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)20th of 139
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 ↗
“…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 ↗
“…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 ↗
“…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 ·