Martin Vickers is the Conservative MP for Brigg and Immingham, and has been an MP continually since 6 May 2010. Sits on the Ecclesiastical Committee, Panel of Chairs, Backbench Business Committee.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 321st of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 25%. 20 contributions since 2024-09-12.
What they’ve raised
Martin Vickers has engaged extensively on health and social care through 20 debate speeches, with particular focus on palliative and hospice care, cancer treatment access, and rare diseases like Huntington's. His contributions frequently highlight regional disparities affecting his constituency, notably raising concerns about radiotherapy access in Yorkshire and the Humber (35% versus 53% nationally) and calling for improved prostate cancer screening. Vickers has also advocated for regularised NHS funding of local hospices and championed implementation of new care guidelines for specific conditions.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Cancer95th of 61315.0
- Palliative & end of life care117th of 55212.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)20th of 1396.0
- Unpaid carers91st of 2776.0
- Adult social care & reform180th of 3613.0
- A&E & ambulance response100th of 2483.0
- NHS waiting lists311th of 5303.0
- Heart disease & stroke170th of 386
What they’ve said
“The Chairman of the Committee sends his apologies, Mr Speaker. In addition to the business that the Leader of the House has announced, the Committee has agreed two Select Committee statements: one next Thursday from the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee and one the following Thursday from the Work and Pensio…”
Business of the House · 2026-07-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Roger. I congratulate the hon. Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Andy MacNae) on securing this important debate. My constituency has 11 railway stations, the largest port in the country and an international airport, so people might think that it would be of major interest t…”
Small Towns: Transport Links · 2026-06-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ire that is not, in official government terms, part of the east midlands, even though we have the East Midlands ambulance service. We are in no man’s land. We have the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole hospital trust; we are under Humberside police; and the integrated care board—well, that wanders all over the place.”
Productivity and Economic Growth: East Midlands · 2026-03-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I congratulate the hon. Lady on the work that she has done on this issue. Two hospices serve my constituency—Lindsey Lodge in Scunthorpe, and St Andrew’s in Grimsby—and the percentage of funding that they get through the NHS, as opposed to from charity, varies dramatically.”