“I welcome the Government’s move towards a national care service because, as the Minister said in her statement, everybody knows that we will not fix the NHS until we fix social care. But tens of thousands of care workers currently face a change to their immigration status.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism188th of 90521.0
- Health inequalities15th of 29918.0
- Palliative & end of life care91st of 54015.0
- Adult social care & reform37th of 39715.0
- Mental health303rd of 89012.0
- Dementia32nd of 2639.0
- Public health & prevention260th of 7006.0
- Unpaid carers99th of 2966.0
- Cancer247th of 6416.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing124th of 3143.0
- Children's health58th of 1653.0
- Rare diseases81st of 2073.0
- NHS waiting lists334th of 5433.0
- A&E & ambulance response118th of 2723.0
Also active on health inequalities
What they’ve said
“…Can I ask the Secretary of State why we are not sharing the cost of a new national care service among us all?…”
Pensions Triple Lock · 2026-10-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“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?”
Direction of Government · 2026-09-01 · 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 ↗
“…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 ↗
“…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 ↗
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Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily quoting them directly.
- Women and girls help shape North Yorkshire health and wellbeing planHarrogate Informer
- Report highlights rural public health inequalitiesBBC
- Paying with our healthThe Health Foundation