“…Obviously, that is very relevant to the wider debate about specialist schools and the support for autistic people and their families. From that visit, I also commend one thing we noticed: the Phoenix School provided an outreach service to other schools, and indeed ran classrooms in some other schools.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism307th of 90512.5
- Health inequalities79th of 2998.0
- Mental health469th of 8908.0
- Public health & prevention260th of 7006.0
- Heart disease & stroke332nd of 4072.0
- Dementia221st of 2632.0
- Diabetes160th of 1992.0
Also active on health inequalities
What they’ve said
“…He discussed the learning disability physicians in Holland. One of their roles is, in a sense, cultural: it is not just what they do as people; it is what influence they have within the wider system.”
Learning Disabilities: Health and Social Care Access · 2026-03-26 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ility to accommodate children in the way that their parents would want them to? Some of those issues are around mental health and other things that we have touched on, but they are also about how schools are governed and the increasing requirements placed on them.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2026-01-28 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I am sure we all understand that our health status is very largely determined—65% or more—by the so-called social determinants of health: that is housing, environment, employment, wealth and education. The relationship between good and bad housing and good and bad health is particularly close.”
Planning and Infrastructure Bill · 2025-11-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Until we take the social determinants of health seriously, we will not see the improvements that we want. I will continue to press this on other occasions. Having said all that, I am not going to move to a vote tonight, given the certainty of losing.”
Planning and Infrastructure Bill · 2025-11-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The third argument is, of course, to support public health. Another good reason for this is to provide that money to support public health and at the same time the public purse.”
Tobacco and Vapes Bill · 2025-10-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
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Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily quoting them directly.
- Women and girls help shape North Yorkshire health and wellbeing planHarrogate Informer
- Report highlights rural public health inequalitiesBBC
- Paying with our healthThe Health Foundation