Biography
Mr Toby Perkins has engaged with health and social care issues primarily through debate speeches, with particular focus on palliative care provision in North Derbyshire, where he raised concerns about funding clarity and support for Ashgate Hospice across multiple contributions in December 2025. He has also advocated on GP access in deprived areas, highlighting health inequalities and the need for targeted resources, and spoken on assisted dying legislation, end-of-life care, and the impact of climate change on vulnerable populations including diabetics and elderly people.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Diabetics, asthmatics, the very old and the very young are particularly at threat. Does my right hon. Friend have any plans to bring forward the new national adaptation plan? The national adaptation plan 3 under the previous Government was widely derided, but there is currently no plan for a new one until 2028, and it…”
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care80th of 56818.0
- Cancer230th of 6226.0
- Assisted dying116th of 3716.0
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
- Learning disability & autism654th of 8993.0
- Diabetes68th of 1903.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
What they’ve said
“…d to tread carefully, such as to support UK manufacturing, but we also need to recognise that this is a serious public health issue. We welcome the work she is doing and thank her for it.…”
Synthetic Chemicals · 2026-04-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…PFAS exposure to serious health and environmental risks, including certain cancers, immunity suppression, and fertility and developmental impacts. Addressing PFAS pollution is therefore essential to protecting public health, preventing long-term environmental harm and reducing future remediation costs.”
Synthetic Chemicals · 2026-04-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…who had for many weeks been attempting to get clarity between the then Derbyshire integrated care board and the hospice on a number of issues.…”
Palliative Care: North Derbyshire · 2025-12-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ICB produced a comparison with NHS-funded care in the south of the county in an effort to show MPs that Ashgate hospice was too expensive, but has now disowned that comparison.”
Palliative Care: North Derbyshire · 2025-12-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I beg to move, That this House has considered Ashgate Hospice and palliative care in north Derbyshire. In late June of this year, my fiancé Amanda and I found ourselves, along with 3,000 others, dressed in bright-pink t-shirts, wearing flashy-pink bunny ears, setting out from Chesterfield football stadium on the annual…”
Palliative Care: North Derbyshire · 2025-12-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
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