Biography
Mary Kelly Foy has engaged extensively on health and social care through 33 debate speeches, with particular emphasis on end-of-life care, dentistry access, and prevention. Her contributions have often centred on health inequalities and their impact on patient outcomes and choice, drawing on personal experience including her daughter's cerebral palsy and her own breast cancer diagnosis. She has also advocated for NHS workforce sustainability, mental health provision, and public health measures including tobacco control, while raising concerns about access to services in her Durham constituency.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Real choice can only come with high-quality care, strong support services and access to excellent palliative care. That would provide dignity, and it is our job—and a challenge for society—to deliver the chance of real dignity for those facing terminal illness.”
Record by topic
- Public health & prevention25th of 68836.0
- Mental health123rd of 88027.0
- Cancer66th of 62221.0
- Health inequalities19th of 28815.0
- Heart disease & stroke29th of 39812.0
- Palliative & end of life care125th of 56812.0
- Dementia30th of 2519.0
- Maternity & neonatal101st of 4389.0
- Unpaid carers92nd of 2836.0
- Assisted dying116th of 3716.0
- Dentistry access65th of 1946.0
- Learning disability & autism466th of 8996.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
What they’ve said
“…d towards death because of the burdens of cost, or the social and economic pressures that accompany serious and terminal illness. When we talk about coercion, we often think of pressure from individuals, but the greater risk may be social coercion driven by inequalities that exist in our society.…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I declare an interest as co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group for dentistry and oral health. I pay tribute to the British Dental Association, our secretariat, for the work it continues to undertake to keep NHS dentistry in the spotlight.”
NHS Dentistry · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I thank the campaigners who work to ensure that people living with secondary breast cancer are seen, heard and supported. I am thrilled that my hon. Friend the Member for West Lancashire (Ashley Dalton), who has spoken so openly about her diagnosis, is here today: I am sure that her remarks will be invaluable.”
Secondary Breast Cancer · 2026-06-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Prevention must be built into the machinery of the NHS, and that must apply to mental health provision too. My constituency office deals with huge volumes of casework involving people waiting too long for support, families in crisis, and vulnerable people being passed between services.”
Health Bill · 2026-06-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The Government have set targets to reduce the use of dogs and non-human primates in some pharmacokinetic and cardiovascular safety studies by 2030. That is welcome, but it is limited.”
Animal Testing · 2026-04-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
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