Biography
Collinge has engaged extensively on health and social care through 40 debate speeches, with recurring focus on cancer treatment access, maternity safety, vaccination rates, and NHS workforce challenges. She has frequently drawn on constituent cases—particularly that of Joseph Towers with brain cancer—to advocate for faster drug trial access and improved cancer survival rates relative to other wealthy nations. Her contributions also address healthcare delivery in rural areas, safeguarding failures in maternity care, and healthcare system rebuilding in Gaza.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…However, vorasidenib is only the second new NHS-approved brain cancer drug in 20 years. Does my hon. Friend agree that, given the painfully slow progress we have seen in developing treatment for brain tumours, we should be removing every possible avoidable barrier to patients receiving these promising new medicines?…”
Record by topic
- Public health & prevention43rd of 68827.0
- Learning disability & autism159th of 89924.0
- Maternity & neonatal29th of 43821.0
- Mental health159th of 88021.0
- Palliative & end of life care105th of 56815.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing25th of 30212.0
- Cancer126th of 62212.0
- Assisted dying92nd of 3719.0
- Dentistry access65th of 1946.0
- Heart disease & stroke75th of 3986.0
- Elderly care & frailty30th of 2366.0
- NHS waiting lists207th of 5346.0
- Unpaid carers158th of 2833.0
- Dementia108th of 2513.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
What they’ve said
“…My grandma’s friend died from diphtheria at the age of 12. When I worked in public health, I met a lady whose mum had rubella during pregnancy, as a result of which that lady had serious impairments. Online misinformation is often put forward as the root driver of our falling vaccination rates.”
Vaccination Rates: England · 2026-09-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship today, Mr Stringer. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (Melanie Onn) for bringing forward this important debate. Fly-tipping is not only damaging to our environment—it makes our communities worse places to live.”
Fly-tipping: Residential Areas · 2026-06-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“One of my constituents, Joseph Towers, has experienced at first hand the brutality of brain cancer and the delays in treatment that affect people across the country. I am short on time, so I will say these few things directly to the Minister.”
Brain Cancer · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I remind Members that the issue of assisted dying has been debated for over 100 years in this country. I have also sat on multiple Bill Committees, including some of the longer and more contentious ones in this Parliament, and they did not last as long or see as many amendments debated as the Terminally Ill Adults (End…”
Progression of Bills through Parliament · 2026-06-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I first became involved in maternity advocacy after the frankly quite awful birth of my first child in 2014. Only when that happened did I realise how much harm had been done to someone close to me when she gave birth in 2011.”
Maternity Commissioner · 2026-04-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
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