Biography
Ms Oppong-Asare has engaged with health and social care issues primarily through debate speeches, with particular focus on end of life care and women's health. Her most substantial contributions addressed concerns about the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, where she raised questions about whether choices could be truly free when individuals face social care gaps, financial hardship or loneliness, and highlighted safeguarding concerns raised by medical organisations. She has also spoken on gynaecological conditions including endometriosis and fibroids, advocating for better diagnosis and treatment within the NHS, and raised issues around health inequalities affecting black women in maternity services.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…son approaching the end of life to receive the dignity, support and compassion that I have seen provided by our hospices across the country. But, having considered the evidence before us, I am not persuaded that these serious concerns about inequality, disability, safeguarding and end-of-life uncertainty have been adeq…”
Record by topic
- Mental health290th of 88012.0
- Palliative & end of life care125th of 56812.0
- Maternity & neonatal101st of 4389.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
- Elderly care & frailty76th of 2363.0
What they’ve said
“Before I begin, I declare an interest as a patron of my local hospice, Community hospice. I want to be clear from the outset that I am not opposed to assisted dying in principle; I understand why many people support a change in the law, and I recognise the compassion that motivates those views.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I believe the concerns raised by organisations such as the Royal College of Physicians and the British Geriatrics Society about the uncertainty of the end of life, safeguarding and the definition of terminal illness deserve careful consideration. I cannot separate this debate from my own experiences.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“It is a privilege to speak in this International Women’s Day debate. We reflect on the women who created International Women’s Day, and the women who have left a mark every day since then—women across the worlds of politics, trade unionism, business, science and the arts, who are making strides forward in the face of i…”
International Women’s Day · 2026-03-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It destroys mental health. In recent years, there has been greater awareness and a wider discussion of the impact of the condition, led by public figures such as the BBC’s Emma Barnett, and sparked by this year’s BAFTA-winning short film, “This Is Endometriosis”, which I hope to host a screening of in Parliament soon.”
Women’s Health Strategy: Endometriosis and Fibroids · 2026-03-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ells us that we have a higher pain threshold, or that “black women can handle it.” The recent interim report on maternity services by Baroness Amos last week highlighted the structural racism in the NHS, which leads to worse health outcomes for women of colour.”
Women’s Health Strategy: Endometriosis and Fibroids · 2026-03-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
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