Biography
Josh Babarinde has engaged extensively on health and social care through 34 debate speeches and 1 ministerial statement, with particular emphasis on learning disability and autism services, maternity and neonatal care, and end-of-life care. His contributions frequently highlight challenges at Eastbourne district general hospital, including infrastructure failures affecting maternity services and the loss of key NHS facilities, alongside advocacy for children with special educational needs, particularly regarding safeguards in home-to-school transport. He has also raised concerns about local authority service provision for vulnerable groups, including people with dementia and care-experienced young people in temporary accommodation.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…I want to speak about home-to-school transport for children with special educational needs and disabilities and in particular about Lewis—that is not his real name, but he is a real Eastbourne boy with special educational needs. What happened to Lewis should never happen to any child.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism67th of 89942.0
- Maternity & neonatal38th of 43818.0
- Mental health241st of 88015.0
- Palliative & end of life care151st of 56811.0
- Public health & prevention183rd of 6889.0
- Dementia30th of 2519.0
- Assisted dying116th of 3716.0
- Cancer230th of 6226.0
- Heart disease & stroke174th of 3983.0
- Rare diseases80th of 2023.0
- Unpaid carers158th of 2833.0
- NHS waiting lists323rd of 5343.0
What they’ve said
“I completely agree. My little brother is autistic so, as a family, we see up close how important consistency is and how disrupting the consistency of a particular service can be hugely disruptive to the flow of his life.”
Home-to-School Transport · 2026-06-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…As a direct result of her service, she suffered solar skin damage, resulting in cancer and post-traumatic stress disorder. After years of tribunals, the Government recognised her sacrifice and awarded her military compensation in the form of a war disablement pension.”
Armed Forces Bill · 2026-06-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Conservative-run East Sussex county council has shut down its CLASS+ service, which supported people with autism towards independent futures, including with employment.”
Autism: Employment · 2026-04-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Minister on this women’s health strategy, and particularly on action 59, which is to invest in the women’s maternity and neonatal estate. I am also grateful to the Minister for agreeing to meet me next week about power cuts at Eastbourne district general hospital, which have knocked out the maternity unit at various ti…”
Women’s Health Strategy · 2026-04-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Because of that outage, operations were cancelled and our midwifery unit was closed for days. It stemmed from the insufficient power infrastructure that is in need of urgent investment—the very reason, in fact, why Eastbourne district general hospital was included in the new hospital programme full stop.”
NHS Capital Spending · 2026-03-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
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