Biography
Ms Rimmer has engaged on health and social care issues predominantly through debate speeches, with particular emphasis on diabetes, palliative care, and health inequalities affecting her constituency. Her contributions frequently draw on personal and constituent experiences—including her mother's end-of-life care and stories from St Helens residents—to illustrate broader issues such as fatty liver disease and the impact of poverty on healthy life expectancy. She has also raised health-related concerns in the context of other parliamentary business, including the treatment of Jimmy Lai, a diabetic British citizen detained in China.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…A quick finger-prick test in the hospital revealed the truth: undiagnosed type 1 diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis. Doctors later told her parents that Gracie had been just 15 minutes away from dying, just like that. Thankfully, Gracie survived, and today she is thriving, but her family’s story had not ended there.”
Record by topic
- Adult social care & reform39th of 37612.0
- Learning disability & autism382nd of 8999.0
- Diabetes21st of 1909.0
- Palliative & end of life care329th of 5683.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
- NHS waiting lists323rd of 5343.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking41st of 1393.0
What they’ve said
“…That is one of the reasons I helped to establish the Willowbrook hospice in St Helens. Like many hospices, Willowbrook was created by the community itself. It was founded in 1993 by people who, like me, believed that families in our area deserved the same compassionate end-of-life care as those anywhere else.”
Palliative Care · 2026-03-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Health and Social Care are legally required to eradicate slavery in their supply chains under the Health and Care Act 2022 and the National Health Service (Procurement, Slavery and Human Trafficking) Regulations 2025.”
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill · 2026-02-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…She was the one who really started our campaign, and I pay tribute to her. Healthy life expectancy in Knowsley is 50, and in St Helens, which is most of my constituency, it is 57, for both men and women—it was a shock when I read those figures.”
Local Government Finance · 2026-02-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“The use of foreign lawyers by both prosecution and defence is a long-established tradition in Hong Kong, yet Jimmy Lai has been denied that right, even as judgment has been passed. This is about justice, not rigged justice.”
Jimmy Lai Conviction · 2025-12-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I want to turn to another measure in the Budget that speaks to fundamental fairness in our society: the high value council tax surcharge, known as the mansion tax.”
Budget Resolutions · 2025-12-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
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