Biography
Natasha Irons has engaged extensively on mental health, youth services, and health inequalities through 23 debate speeches. Key themes include her focus on mental health support for young people—particularly waiting times and treatment gaps—and advocacy for sustainable youth services funding following local authority closures. She has also highlighted health disparities in her Croydon East constituency and contributed substantially to scrutiny of the Mental Health Bill, addressing safeguarding, independent inquiries into deaths in detention, and tribunal access for detained patients.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Croydon’s public health data suggests that girls growing up in the most affluent parts of our borough can expect to live around six years longer than the girls growing up in the least affluent parts. For boys, that gap is nine years.”
Record by topic
- Mental health76th of 88045.0
- Learning disability & autism307th of 89912.0
- NHS waiting lists140th of 5349.0
- Diabetes33rd of 1906.0
- Dentistry access65th of 1946.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
- Children's health56th of 1573.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
What they’ve said
“…I was struck by his argument that we need to focus more on what we do in communities. In Croydon East, a community diagnostic centre has opened, which is important because people in my community have a healthy life expectancy 10 years lower than that of people living a mile down the road. Does my hon.”
Health Bill (Fifteenth sitting) · 2026-07-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…In England today, one in five children and young people have a probable mental health disorder. Incidents of youth violence remain at high levels, with 3,000 knife crime offences last year involving children. The Office for National Statistics reports that 16 to 24-year-olds are now the loneliest group in our society.”
Youth Services · 2025-12-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“The wellbeing of our nation’s young people remains in crisis, with one in five having a probable mental health condition and the number being referred to emergency mental health care continuing to rise.”
Waiting Times: Online Services · 2025-10-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…boys—particularly those from working-class backgrounds and from the British Caribbean community, and boys with special educational needs—are being systematically left behind by a system that was never designed with them in mind.”
Educational Attainment of Boys · 2025-07-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The new clause seeks to ensure that if a patient dies while in detention under the Mental Health Act, an independent inquiry into their death will be required. Unlike deaths in prison or police-related deaths, deaths while a person is detained under the Mental Health Act are not automatically investigated independently.”
Mental Health Bill [ Lords ] (Ninth sitting) · 2025-06-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
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