Biography
Nadia Whittome has engaged extensively on health and social care through 13 debate speeches and committee work, with particular focus on maternity services and NHS accountability following the Nottingham University Hospitals maternity inquiry, mental health impacts on vulnerable groups including trans youth, and systemic pressures in social care and NHS waiting lists. Her contributions span related areas including LGBT+ healthcare provision, women's health services, and sentencing guidance affecting pregnant women and new mothers. The member has consistently linked these health issues to wider concerns about workforce shortages, austerity, and economic inequality affecting public services.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“My hon. Friend is making an incredibly emotional speech. I know, from the Nottingham maternity review, the harm and hurt that is caused when people with knowledge and involvement in institutional failures are allowed to dodge accountability and scrutiny.”
Record by topic
- Mental health188th of 88018.0
- Maternity & neonatal68th of 43812.0
- NHS waiting lists201st of 5348.5
- Learning disability & autism654th of 8993.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
What they’ve said
“T4. We all know that social care is in crisis, with huge staff shortages, unmet needs and councils’ finances being pushed to the brink, so it is disappointing that the King’s Speech did not contain anything on social care.”
Topical Questions · 2026-06-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I would like nothing more than for us to be focusing on what the Government have delivered, such as: bringing NHS waiting lists down; raising the minimum wage and lifting children out of poverty; and pushing for even greater ambition. Unfortunately, it is because of serious mistakes made by No.”
Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges · 2026-04-28 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…lly feel able to live as their true selves, rather than hide in shame and fear with dire consequences for their mental health. We should celebrate that, alongside the record numbers of people identifying as gay, lesbian and bisexual.”
LGBT+ History Month · 2026-02-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Someone who joined the waiting list two years ago has been told to expect to wait a further four years. Faced with an eight-year wait for gender-affirming surgery on the NHS, one trans person in my city worked two full-time jobs, sold their car and held fundraising events to cobble together £20,000 so they could have t…”
Transgender People: Provision of Healthcare · 2025-12-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I have constituents who tragically know that only too well. Our city is at the centre of the largest maternity inquiry in NHS history and a corporate manslaughter investigation due to failings by Nottingham University Hospitals that have led to hundreds of baby deaths and injuries—hundreds of preventable tragedies.”
Baby Loss · 2025-10-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
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