Oxford West and Abingdon
Liberal DemocratOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 109th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 8%. 46 contributions since 2024-07-18.
“…nnovative new medicines—who does not want that? Of course we all want that, especially those who have incurable cancers and so on, but there is a trade-off. We all want to bolster innovation in the UK. I have an interest—I am the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon. We are the other side of the Oxford-Cambridge growth arc.”
Department of Health and Social Care · 2026-06-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…They said: “I am a doctor, a public health specialist, and a NICE employee. I am deeply concerned by the plan to change the NICE cost-effectiveness threshold. I continue to believe that the NHS would be better off if ministers decide to scrap their original plan to spend more on new, less good value medicines, and used…”
Department of Health and Social Care · 2026-06-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Social Care Committee’s most recent report into healthy ageing highlights the unacceptable 20-year gap in healthy life expectancy between the most and least deprived areas of the country.”
Health Inequalities · 2026-06-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Obviously, we have come a long way since then, but I would argue that it is time to define some new giants, and health inequality must be one. It is self-evidently the moral thing to do, but—here is something I think the Secretary of State will like—it is also the economically wise thing to do, because study after stud…”
Health Bill · 2026-06-01 ·
“…Healthy life expectancy has not just stalled; it has gone backwards. We are getting older and we are getting sicker—so, yes, we need to be bold. There is widespread recognition that the three shifts in the 10-year plan, to community, to prevention and to digital, are the right ones, and if achieved—and that is an “if”—…”
Health Bill · 2026-06-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I am grateful to the Secretary of State for coming to the Committee and talking about corridor care. The really interesting thing about that session was that the hospitals that have turned things around did so because of leadership from the top.”
Resident Doctors: Industrial Action · 2026-03-26 · Read on Hansard ↗
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