Biography
Oliver Ryan has engaged on health and social care issues primarily through debate speeches across seven topic areas, with particular focus on NHS waiting lists, mental health, and cancer care. His contributions reflect concern for constituent casework—notably raising fertility treatment access for a cancer survivor and neurology appointment waiting times linked to neurological conditions—alongside broader advocacy on transgender healthcare access and LGBT veterans' mental health support. His engagement demonstrates a pattern of connecting national health policy debates to local healthcare delivery challenges in his Burnley, Padiham and Brierfield constituency.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…ic and private investment is up and funding for our schools, colleges and local councils is up, while our local NHS waiting lists are down and access to care is going up. As a point of fact, one in seven people were on NHS waiting lists when we took office in 2024, including in my constituency.”
Record by topic
- Mental health241st of 88015.0
- NHS waiting lists72nd of 53415.0
- Learning disability & autism382nd of 8999.0
- Maternity & neonatal138th of 4386.0
- Cancer230th of 6226.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
What they’ve said
“…gender and transitioning services, but across society as well as our healthcare system, including GP surgeries, maternity care, cancer screenings and mental health support.”
Transgender People: Provision of Healthcare · 2025-12-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Where care is delayed, it is denied, and 48,000 trans people are currently on waiting lists. Many are pushed towards unregulated overseas routes, not because they want to bypass safeguards but because the alternative feels unbearable.”
Transgender People: Provision of Healthcare · 2025-12-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…NHS, and quite possibly my constituents and patients over the Christmas period, and it has become almost the midwife for privatisation under Reform. The Secretary of State has been robust in his role as patient advocate in chief, and more power to him in that, but will he go a step further and join me in appealing to r…”
NHS: Winter Preparedness · 2025-12-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I am proud that this Government are bringing down NHS waiting lists, cutting admissions and investing in care and equipment. Will my right hon. and learned Friend formalise these efforts, support an NHS modern service framework for neurology and get these wait times down?…”
Engagements · 2025-12-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ncies; a freeze on rail fares, petrol duty and prescription charges; and, for our NHS, the largest reduction in waiting lists in almost 20 years, in addition to 250 new neighbourhood health centres, 5.2 million more NHS appointments and care brought closer to home, with more doctors and nurses.”
Budget Resolutions · 2025-11-27 · Read on Hansard ↗
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