Kevin McKenna

Record by topic

1. Public health & prevention125th of 73415.0
2. Learning disability & autism314th of 96715.0
3. Mental health226th of 86915.0
4. Palliative & end of life care180th of 5739.0
5. NHS & care workforce/staffing61st of 2956.0
6. Adult social care & reform180th of 3623.0
7. NHS waiting lists311th of 5303.0
8. Health inequalities130th of 2773.0

What they’ve said

• “…However, I want to focus on the issues for children with special educational needs and disabilities and particularly those aged 16 and older. Kent county council has recently changed the criteria that allow people to opt for school transport to their education and has now made it all but impossible for people with spec…”

  Home-to-School Transport · 2026-06-04 · Read on Hansard ↗

• “…What are the Government doing in terms of regulating gambling as a public health issue? That is a key question for the Minister. I really welcome the changes to the gambling levy, and I particularly welcome the fact that it is targeted at children in poverty; the money is being used to offset the harm, socially, that i…”

  Gambling Harms: Children and Young People · 2026-01-15 · Read on Hansard ↗

• “…It is exactly that: gambling has to be treated as a public health issue. I would endorse all those actions. The key thing is that we look to regulate alcohol, junk food and all such items because we know that they cause risk and cost us all money; if they are increasing demand on the NHS, they are costing us money.”

  Gambling Harms: Children and Young People · 2026-01-15 · Read on Hansard ↗

• “…really want to explore today, in relation to children and young people, is how we should look at gambling as a public health issue, and one that is of rising concern because of changes in the way people gamble. People are gambling with all sorts of new technologies, and the country is gambling with lives.”