Biography
Richard Quigley has engaged extensively on health and social care through 36 debate speeches, with particular focus on issues affecting his Isle of Wight constituency including dementia care (raising concerns about patients being discharged to mainland facilities), lack of specialist nurses, and care funding shortfalls. He has also championed mental health provision, particularly around eating disorders, bringing forward a Bill on eating disorder training for public service providers, and raised concerns about cancer patients undergoing treatment facing work capability assessments. His contributions reflect both local constituency challenges and broader policy advocacy across multiple health topics including stroke care, diabetes, and palliative care.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Delivering special educational needs and disabilities provision on the island or in a coastal area brings additional challenges, from recruiting and retaining specialist staff to ensuring that there are enough specialist places available.”
Record by topic
- Mental health68th of 88048.0
- Cancer28th of 62236.0
- Dementia18th of 25112.0
- Learning disability & autism382nd of 8999.0
- Adult social care & reform61st of 3769.0
- Palliative & end of life care213th of 5686.0
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
- Dentistry access65th of 1946.0
- Heart disease & stroke75th of 3986.0
- Diabetes68th of 1903.0
- Maternity & neonatal238th of 4383.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
What they’ve said
“…xperiencing life beyond their area, or a local authority struggling to meet rising demand with an overstretched adult social care budget. The human cost is always felt by those who can least afford it, and the financial cost is ultimately felt by us all.”
Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation · 2026-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…There is a danger that such provision no longer exists when funding dries up. We have no dedicated stroke nurse or cancer nurse. Thankfully, after asking, our integrated care board has agreed to fund an epilepsy nurse for the first time; the issue is now attracting someone to do the job.”
Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation · 2026-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…However, when it comes to content promoting eating disorders, the risks do not simply disappear at 16. The eating disorder charity, Beat, recently pushed ChatGPT to stop generating restrictive meal plans altogether, which it did, so it is possible.”
Social Media: Dangerous Content · 2026-07-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…that has resonated so deeply with many residents across the Isle of Wight, whether they are directly touched by dementia or not. I put on record my thanks to those across the island who have contacted me and are passionately fighting for their family member or friend during their time of need.”
Isle of Wight Dementia Patients: Discharge to Mainland Care Homes · 2026-06-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…However, for island dementia sufferers, that is where the happy story ends. The issue of mainland discharges has struck a chord across the island because it goes to the heart of many of the other inequalities my constituents have been expected simply to accept as part island life.”
Isle of Wight Dementia Patients: Discharge to Mainland Care Homes · 2026-06-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
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