Biography
McCarthy has made 10 debate speeches across health and social care topics, with particular focus on mental health issues including student welfare, ME patient recognition, and mental health crisis support at public events. She has raised cancer treatment applications of fusion technology, public health concerns around NHS infrastructure resilience during heatwaves, and regulatory frameworks affecting health and safety provision. Her contributions reflect engagement with both immediate operational health service challenges and broader mental health policy questions.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…and patients are enduring unbearable conditions: wards without air conditioning, temperatures of more than 30°, radiotherapy machines and MRI scanners failing, IT servers overheating, and so on. And that is all happening alongside many more hospital admissions.”
Record by topic
- Mental health290th of 88012.0
- Cancer230th of 6226.0
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
What they’ve said
“…The test has limited scientific validity, particularly its translational relevance to human mental health disorders.” That was more or less what I was told when I met scientific researchers at the University of Bristol a few years ago.”
Animal Testing · 2026-04-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I have been looking up the definition of TDDI on the CQC site, which seems to cover mental health. Thinking particularly about festivals, where health incidents arising from drug misuse may lead to associated psychotic episodes and suicidal ideation, would the legislation cover volunteer organisations helping people on…”
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 · 2026-04-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“It is always easy to criticise regulation, but we often find that regulations are introduced for very real reasons, whether that is protecting public health, animal welfare and so on. Will the hon. Member tell us which of the regulations and requirements she has listed ought to be dropped?”
Food Inflation · 2026-01-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…s not adequate for us to have to rely on a determination that someone is suffering from a disability because of mental health issues. In some cases, there will be a history, engagement and a diagnosis of a disorder, but in many others, it could be that the student suddenly feels themselves to be in that situation.”
Universities: Statutory Duty of Care · 2026-01-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Sarah Lewis was my constituent. I have here the prevention of future deaths report that was issued after the inquest. She took her own life, but was severely ill with ME.”
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis · 2025-11-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
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