Biography
Paul Kohler has engaged extensively on health and social care through 28 debate speeches, with particular focus on children's services including SEND support, eating disorders, and cancer patients' needs. He has raised concerns about system capacity and underfunding across multiple areas—highlighting pressures on special educational needs provision in Merton, inadequate eating disorder services despite increased referrals, and the importance of palliative care quality in the assisted dying debate. His contributions reflect a consistent theme of early intervention and timely access to care across vulnerable populations.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…d that every single one of those days was agony, made worse by having a role in public life that meant that the mental health consequences of her trauma played out in public.”
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care57th of 56824.0
- Learning disability & autism159th of 89924.0
- Mental health188th of 88018.0
- NHS waiting lists72nd of 53415.0
- Assisted dying92nd of 3719.0
- Cancer180th of 6229.0
- Unpaid carers92nd of 2836.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
What they’ve said
“…As we have heard throughout the debate, children with special educational needs are navigating a system in crisis. In Merton, the borough that covers most of my Wimbledon constituency, the pressures on the SEND system are stark and growing.”
Children with SEND: Assessments and Support · 2025-09-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Transport for the North has highlighted, it is disproportionately low-income households, unpaid carers, the old and the disabled. The very people our transport system should be helping the most are the ones facing its greatest barriers. It is not just the north of England suffering from these inequalities.”
Regional Transport Inequality · 2025-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…One of our daughters, who has given me permission to tell her story, suffered with an eating disorder for many years. Neither my wife Samantha nor I recognised the early signs. By the time we realised, she was deep in the grip of this terrible disease.”
Eating Disorders: Prevention of Deaths · 2025-09-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It is people like her who make a real difference to this world—thank you. A cancer diagnosis does not simply change someone’s medical needs; it changes the course of their life. Even the most basic tasks can become physically painful and emotionally draining.”
Blue Badge Eligibility · 2025-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Minister conceded last week, also catches things such as hospital appointments, GP appointments and education. Throughout the Committee stage, the Minister has hidden behind localism.”
Bus Services (No. 2) Bill [ Lords ] (Fourth sitting) · 2025-07-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
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