Biography
Rosie Duffield has engaged extensively on health and social care through ten debate speeches, with particular emphasis on maternity services and safeguarding concerns. Her contributions reflect long-standing advocacy for birth trauma recognition—citing her 2024 APPG report that gathered evidence from over 1,300 women and families—alongside concerns about vulnerable cohorts including children, people with dementia, and those with learning disabilities. She has also raised concerns about the safety of puberty blockers and the end of life bill, consistently emphasising the need for robust safeguards and the protection of vulnerable populations.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…colleagues to listen to disabled activists like Liz Carr, Tanni Grey-Thompson and Jane Campbell, and experts in palliative care in the other place, such as Ilora Finlay and Professor Katherine Sleeman.”
Record by topic
- Maternity & neonatal68th of 43812.0
- Assisted dying116th of 3716.0
- Learning disability & autism466th of 8996.0
- Mental health481st of 8806.0
- Palliative & end of life care213th of 5686.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
- Heart disease & stroke174th of 3983.0
- Children's health56th of 1573.0
- Dementia108th of 2513.0
What they’ve said
“…Lifelong campaigner Baroness Jane Campbell has seen off so many attempts to pass assisted suicide legislation in the other place that she likens it to groundhog day. In the documentary, she says: “People are decent, kind. They think that they’re doing us a great favour by giving us this choice.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…hose with learning disabilities are surely extremely vulnerable to that, as well as the elderly and people with dementia. Before my dad lost the ability to speak, he could absolutely have presented as being capable of signing on the dotted line to medical professionals who did not know him like the family did.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-09-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The report was titled, “Listen to Mums”. I am glad that an independent maternity commissioner will finally be implemented, after our years of calls for one. Bill Kirkup’s headline finding in his 2023 review of east Kent was also that we should listen to women.”
National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation · 2026-06-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Donna Ockenden but, frankly, expectations are pretty low about ending this crisis in maternity care all these years later. Does the Secretary of State agree that as well as training, we have to end this patchwork postcode lottery of care, and introduce basic, nationwide standards and accountability across all NHS trust…”
Nottingham Maternity and Neonatal Services · 2026-06-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Sue is also a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and mental health nurse, formerly of the Gender Identity Development Service. They both argue against the affirmative-only model of treatment, such as the use of puberty-blocking drugs, as it masks underlying issues, such as childhood trauma or autism.”
Puberty Blockers · 2026-06-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
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