Biography
Paula Barker has engaged with health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches, with particular focus on rare diseases, assisted dying, and homelessness-related health issues. She co-sponsored the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill and advocated for better provision of treatments like omaveloxolone for rare conditions such as Friedreich's ataxia, whilst also highlighting how intermediate care for homeless people can significantly reduce A&E visits and rough sleeping. Her contributions reflect sustained engagement with palliative care, mental health failings in terror attack cases, and NHS pressures related to homelessness.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…The condition is not classed as an ultra-rare disease, yet it is rare enough that any drug to treat it will struggle to meet NICE’s cost-effectiveness criteria.The family constantly have to raise enough money to pay for each round of treatment.”
Record by topic
- Assisted dying92nd of 3719.0
- NHS waiting lists207th of 5346.0
- Mental health481st of 8806.0
- Palliative & end of life care213th of 5686.0
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking41st of 1393.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
- Rare diseases80th of 2023.0
What they’ve said
“I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of rough sleeping among families with children. I place on the record my co-chairship of the all-party parliamentary group for ending homelessness.”
Rough Sleeping: Families with Children · 2026-03-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. As co-chair of the APPG for ending homelessness and the co-sponsor of this debate, I thank all colleagues who have attended; our new Minister, my hon.”
Ending Homelessness · 2025-10-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…oversee every application, with oversight from psychiatrists, social workers and lawyers; the requirement that assisted dying can only be discussed with patients in the context of all their end-of-life care and treatment options; mandatory training for doctors and panel members on detecting coercion; and the creation…”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The perpetrator had four Prevent referrals and was known to mental health services, and nobody joined the dots. Will the Security Minister ensure that whatever else the inquiry into these tragic and preventable deaths examines, it looks closely at how the agencies talk to each other and assess threats together? Agencie…”
Southport Attack · 2025-02-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The Forbury Gardens perpetrator had been referred to Prevent four times and was known to mental health services. It will be important to those families in Southport that lessons are learned and acted on in a timely way.”
Southport Attack · 2025-01-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
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