“…A constituent of mine who visited the maternity ward at Exeter hospital heard that the staff temporarily redeployed there from Barnstaple are having to pay the full car parking charge of £20 per day while they are doing the additional service of travelling to Exeter.”
Record by topic
- Mental health116th of 89032.5
- Dentistry access7th of 19730.0
- Learning disability & autism188th of 90521.0
- Public health & prevention58th of 70021.0
- Cancer141st of 64112.0
- A&E & ambulance response34th of 27211.5
- Elderly care & frailty14th of 2499.0
- Palliative & end of life care140th of 5409.0
- Dementia32nd of 2639.0
- NHS waiting lists213th of 5436.0
- Long Covid7th of 566.0
- Maternity & neonatal153rd of 4536.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking45th of 1453.0
- Health inequalities141st of 2993.0
- Heart disease & stroke178th of 4073.0
- Adult social care & reform201st of 3973.0
- Unpaid carers170th of 2963.0
- GP access95th of 2473.0
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What they’ve said
“…Steve Brown, the director for public health in Devon, said: “In Devon, our records show that some people are dying up to 15 years earlier than they should because essential building blocks of health…like reliable transport…and services that people can reach…are missing.” My constituent Hilary Robarts-Arnold, from Seato…”
Underperforming NHS Trusts: Government Oversight · 2026-10-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…This issue does not just concern the local environment: it also concerns public health and infrastructure, and it is increasingly a question of public trust in the Government’s ability to regulate companies that provide utilities properly. The facts on the ground are damning.”
River Otter: Sewage Pollution · 2026-06-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Ageing Society”, which is well worth going back to, and said that ageing and the resulting increased frailty were key issues for the future of UK healthcare. He argued that community hospitals are in just the right places to be on the frontline and tackle this issue for generations to come in our rural and coastal comm…”
Community Hospitals · 2026-06-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…He knows that the south-west is the worst-affected region for NHS dentistry—according to NHS data from March 2025, fewer than one in three adults in the south-west had seen a dentist in the previous two years.”
NHS Dentistry · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell) pointed out, there are mental health benefits associated with cold water swimming, but it needs to be done in an educated way, and we need to have proper conversations about what is a relatively safe use of the water.”
Water Safety · 2026-06-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
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