Biography
Neil Duncan-Jordan has engaged extensively on health and social care through 29 debate speeches, with a particular focus on health inequalities, social care funding, and end-of-life care. He has repeatedly raised the inconsistency in how cancer care is funded through general taxation while dementia care is means-tested, and highlighted how coastal communities face worse health outcomes driven by deprivation and economic challenges. His contributions also address workforce issues in healthcare and social care, children's palliative care funding, and the broader relationship between poverty and public health outcomes.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“On the subject of social care, does the Prime Minister agree that there is a fundamental unfairness in dementia care being means-tested, while cancer care is funded by us all through general taxation? Is not that unfairness the issue that we need to address?”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism187th of 89921.0
- Health inequalities15th of 28818.0
- Palliative & end of life care105th of 56815.0
- Mental health290th of 88012.0
- Adult social care & reform61st of 3769.0
- Dementia30th of 2519.0
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
- Unpaid carers92nd of 2836.0
- Cancer230th of 6226.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- Children's health56th of 1573.0
- Rare diseases80th of 2023.0
- NHS waiting lists323rd of 5343.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
What they’ve said
“…We know that poor housing can lead to poor health outcomes. Life expectancy, healthy life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy are all lower in coastal areas, and the gap between more affluent areas and poorer areas continues to widen.”
Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation · 2026-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“We have had 23 reviews into social care since 1997, but no agreement on how care should be funded. Does the Minister agree that the way we fund cancer care should also be the way that we fund care of those with dementia?”
Topical Questions · 2026-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Life expectancy, healthy life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy are all lower in coastal areas, and the gap between more affluent and poorer areas continues to widen.”
Coastal Communities: Government Support · 2026-06-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…mine have particular challenges, and a national strategy informed by those common experiences will help reduce health inequalities in those areas. For example, many coastal communities were created around a single industry that has since moved on, meaning that work can often be scarce or seasonal.…”
Coastal Communities: Government Support · 2026-06-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…UK up to £128 billion annually in reduced costs in areas such as crime and imprisonment rates, tackling poor mental health and improving healthy life expectancy. But none of that will be possible if we continue to use the same austerity-driven measures of the past.”
Backing Business to Create Economic Growth · 2026-05-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
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