Biography
Kirsty McNeill has engaged with health and social care issues primarily through 13 debate speeches across four topics: NHS waiting lists, cancer, unpaid carers, and mental health. Her contributions have focused heavily on comparing NHS performance between Scotland and England, repeatedly highlighting that one in six Scots are on waiting lists whilst waiting lists in England have fallen, and emphasising Scotland's cancer treatment outcomes as worse than other UK regions. She has also engaged with devolved health policy mechanisms, including speaking on carer's assistance modifications between UK and Scottish Governments.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…K, and we are focused on ensuring that higher education, and other forms of innovation, are part of our work on cancer.…”
Record by topic
- NHS waiting lists37th of 53421.0
- Cancer98th of 62215.0
- Mental health654th of 8803.0
- Unpaid carers158th of 2833.0
What they’ve said
“Tragically, cancer remains one of the leading causes of death in Scotland. I want Scots to benefit from the very best research. The National Institute for Health and Care Research works in partnership with the Scottish Government to support and enhance health and social care research across the UK, even though healthca…”
Cancer Research · 2026-04-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…This included carer’s allowance, which the Scottish Government replaced with the carer support payment in 2023. This order was introduced to make provisions in consequence of further changes that the Scottish Government have made to their carer support payment.”
Draft Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Carer’s Assistance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2026 · 2026-01-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…too, which are similar to those that have been mentioned on the Floor today: one person waiting 120 weeks on a CAMHS waiting list; parents talking about the fact that they had been referred to an urgent ear, nose and throat waiting list, but will still be on that list for two to three years with a child in pain; and a…”
St Andrew’s Day and Scottish Affairs · 2025-12-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…House today, if people live south of the border, they experience more and more appointments being available and waiting lists going down; if they live up the road, one in six of them is on a waiting list. My hon.”
Devolution in Scotland · 2025-10-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Scots will wait more than eight hours in A&E, and more than 100,000 Scots have been stuck on an NHS waiting list for over a year. Doctors, nurses and—most of all—Scottish patients have been failed by 18 years of SNP mismanagement.”
Barnett Formula: NHS Funding · 2025-04-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
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