Biography
Rachel Reeves has engaged extensively with health and social care topics across 30 debate speeches and 10 ministerial statements, with NHS waiting lists featuring as a particularly prominent theme—she highlighted reductions of over 200,000 waiting list cases and improvements in specific constituencies as evidence of government investment. She has also addressed learning disability and autism provision, notably referencing capital investment in SEND education in Kettering, alongside broader references to supporting vulnerable young people and reducing poverty among disabled people through employment support and NHS access.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
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Record by topic
- NHS waiting lists9th of 53480.0
- Learning disability & autism184th of 89923.0
- Mental health233rd of 88016.0
- Cancer174th of 62211.0
- Palliative & end of life care151st of 56811.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing61st of 3026.0
- Maternity & neonatal217th of 4385.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
- Heart disease & stroke174th of 3983.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
What they’ve said
“…Otherwise, I fear more increases in NHS waiting lists and worse results for kids at schools, because that is the SNP’s legacy.…”
Spring Forecast · 2026-03-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ng—two parties united in their intention to plunge nearly half a million children back into poverty at a single stroke. If you import failed Tory politicians, you get failed Tory policies too. Labour—and only Labour—has the right economic plan for our country. [Hon.”
Spring Forecast · 2026-03-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Sarwar and a Labour Government spending that money, rather than the SNP wasting it and presiding over longer NHS waiting lists.…”
Spring Forecast · 2026-03-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“When I visited Kettering with my hon. Friend recently, it was just ahead of the capital investment in new SEND provision in her constituency, so that more young people—some of the most vulnerable—can be educated locally in Kettering, with better outcomes for them.”
Spring Forecast · 2026-03-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…On special educational needs, the Conservatives left a system in utter crisis, as every parent, every child and every school will tell you, so we will take no lessons from them. But in terms of where the money is coming from, that is set out today in the documents.”
Spring Forecast · 2026-03-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
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