Biography
Katrina Murray has engaged extensively with health and social care issues through 18 debate speeches, with a particular focus on cancer (early diagnosis and rare cancers), NHS waiting lists, and GP access. She has frequently drawn on her 23-year background working with health service volunteers in Lanarkshire to illustrate systemic challenges, and has raised concerns including dementia's impact on veterans, mental health pressures, assisted dying funding implications, and women's health delivery. Her contributions reflect consistent scrutiny of Scottish health service performance against English comparisons, alongside advocacy for improved primary care access and cancer research investment.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Patients are more likely to have a dementia diagnosis than 20 years ago, which means that the type of care provided has changed. It was in these hospitals that I learned how important it is to look at a patient’s feet: if they were wearing slippers, it probably meant that they were not meant to have their hat, coat and…”
Record by topic
- NHS waiting lists72nd of 53415.0
- Cancer98th of 62215.0
- Mental health290th of 88012.0
- GP access49th of 2416.0
- Dementia60th of 2516.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
- Unpaid carers158th of 2833.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
What they’ve said
“…one of the health and safety statutory instruments relates to physical health; there is not a single one about mental health and wellbeing. What is one of the biggest reasons why people leave the workplace? It is mental ill health and wellbeing.”
Backing Business to Create Economic Growth · 2026-05-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…isation that was founded four years ago today to provide support for those affected by suicide, bereavement and mental health issues. A group of women turning personal tragedy into compassion and practical help for others is an extraordinary act of strength in itself.”
International Women’s Day · 2026-03-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ed across the development corporation, the council and social work to create community housing, day centres and respite care. Her drive was the difference, and the services she helped to build became so strong that families later moved to Cumbernauld specifically because of them.…”
New Towns · 2026-01-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“This week’s exhibition in the Upper Waiting Hall is a memorial quilt produced my members of the South East Fermanagh Foundation. It is a very moving way to remember the innocent victims of terrorism. The dates on the quilt panels remind us of how long the families have been fighting for justice.”
Northern Ireland Troubles: Legacy and Reconciliation · 2025-12-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I worked through the pandemic when we used the red, amber and green statuses to indicate how waiting lists were. We did not just have red, amber and green stages. We created a purple status for when there were serious capacity issues that warranted more than a red status.”
Devolution in Scotland · 2025-10-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
Contributions reproduced under the Open Parliament Licence.