Biography
Rachel Hopkins has engaged substantively with health and social care topics primarily through debate speeches, with particular focus on assisted dying and end-of-life care, on which she spoke multiple times during the Bill's parliamentary stages in early 2025. She has also raised public health matters including knife crime prevention, maternity services, and humanitarian health crises, alongside broader questions about NHS emergency response and cross-UK health policy learning. Her contributions span committee scrutiny work and Main Chamber debates, reflecting detailed engagement with legislative detail alongside constituency-focused health concerns.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Friend the Member for Luton North (Sarah Owen) to seek our support for the building of a new paediatric operating theatre in Kotli. Led by local GP Dr Tahir Mehmood, our Luton community and other donors raised more than £300,000 to fund the establishment of a fully equipped children’s operating theatre at District Head…”
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care34th of 56839.0
- Assisted dying28th of 37130.0
- Public health & prevention125th of 68812.0
- Mental health386th of 8809.0
- Elderly care & frailty76th of 2363.0
- Learning disability & autism654th of 8993.0
- Maternity & neonatal238th of 4383.0
- Rare diseases80th of 2023.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
- NHS waiting lists323rd of 5343.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
- Children's health56th of 1573.0
- Dentistry access100th of 1943.0
What they’ve said
“…Bedfordshire police, the British Transport police, Bedfordshire fire and rescue service, the East of England ambulance service, Magpas air ambulance and other counties’ air ambulances, our local NHS hospitals, and of course railway staff was swift, professional and compassionate in supporting those who were impacted, e…”
Engagements · 2026-06-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Does the Minister agree that when it comes to public health all parts of the UK can learn something from each other, and can he update the House on conversations between the UK Government and the Northern Ireland Executive on their respective successes in improving patient outcomes?…”
Public Service Reform · 2026-06-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“We are all horrified by the attack on El Fasher maternity hospital overnight and the increasing death toll. The Minister has highlighted the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, with more than 13 million people displaced from their homes over the past two years and, sadly, 3.5 million children under the age of 5…”
Sudan: Protection of Civilians · 2025-10-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…polling published yesterday again showed that the public—the citizens we serve—back it too, with 75% supporting assisted dying in principle and 73% supporting the Bill as it stands.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The Bill will set out statutory protections for those workers who do not wish to take part in the assisted dying process on the basis of conscience, and quite right too. The Bill will provide for one of the tightest, safest assisted dying laws in the world.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-06-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
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