Biography
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath has engaged extensively with health and social care through 14 debate speeches, addressing a diverse range of topics including maternity services, end-of-life care, NHS workforce challenges, and disability equipment provision. His contributions reflect personal experiences, such as his mother's end-of-life care informing his opposition to assisted dying legislation, and his concerns about systemic issues including toxic cultures in maternity services, junior doctor disputes, and inadequate wheelchair provision. Notable themes include his advocacy for proper parliamentary process on complex health legislation and his emphasis on improving support systems across health and care services.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“My Lords, I want to start this debate by paying tribute to Sir Keir Starmer for his immense services to the country. He took Labour to a landslide general election victory.”
Record by topic
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking19th of 1396.0
- Assisted dying116th of 3716.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing103rd of 3024.0
- Learning disability & autism592nd of 8994.0
- Mental health603rd of 8804.0
- Adult social care & reform312th of 3762.0
- Maternity & neonatal363rd of 4382.0
- Heart disease & stroke324th of 3982.0
- Palliative & end of life care452nd of 5682.0
- Public health & prevention573rd of 6882.0
- Health inequalities245th of 2882.0
- Elderly care & frailty166th of 2362.0
What they’ve said
“…There was a constant turnover in senior midwifery leadership and those they appointed were not given proper induction, mentoring or even guidance about their roles.”
Nottingham Maternity and Neonatal Services · 2026-06-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I oppose the principle of assisted dying and I think that the current Bill is very flawed. However, I also regret the fact that your Lordships’ House has not been able to actually have votes on some of the key elements within the Bill.”
Assisted Dying Legislation: Isle of Man and Jersey · 2026-03-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Baroness accept that the royal colleges certainly can give moral leadership? I also refer her back to the last junior doctors dispute, about 10 or 11 years ago. As she will remember, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, I think it was, set up a group to look at all these issues, and the outcome of that was very disap…”
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill · 2026-02-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…nt provision in the list of ‘general health determinants’ that authorities need to have regard to as a cause of health inequality”. My intention is to highlight to noble Lords that the provision of wheelchairs and community equipment for disabled people is, to put it bluntly, a disgrace.”
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill · 2026-02-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It made junior doctors’ working lives increasingly difficult. This was 2014. Does my noble friend the Minister think that part of the reason we are here now is that nothing was done to respond to the substantive issues juniors raised at the time, and that at some point, there will be a constructive way forward? I am co…”
Resident Doctors: Industrial Action · 2025-12-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
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