Biography
Sadik Al-Hassan has engaged extensively with health and social care topics through 21 debate speeches, drawing frequently on his background as a registered pharmacist of nearly two decades. His contributions have spanned palliative care and assisted dying (where he offered pharmacist expertise on drug safety and international practice), GP access and pharmacy funding (highlighting his constituency's 109,000 monthly prescriptions and Pharmacy First consultations), and rare diseases including spinal muscular atrophy and cancer. He has also addressed mental health crises in universities, SEND support for vulnerable families (speaking as a SEND parent himself), and public health issues including tobacco and vape regulation.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…I have watched people collect prescriptions that offer nothing more than a sticking plaster over terminal illness—pain managed, but suffering not ended. A safe and legal route at the end of life would not replace good palliative care; it would sit alongside it, offering the small mercy of choice to those who want it.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism307th of 89912.0
- Public health & prevention125th of 68812.0
- Mental health386th of 8809.0
- Cancer180th of 6229.0
- Assisted dying116th of 3716.0
- GP access49th of 2416.0
- Palliative & end of life care213th of 5686.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
- Rare diseases80th of 2023.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
What they’ve said
“…They deliver thousands of Pharmacy First consultations and have saved as many as 7,370 GP appointments since January 2024. I recently released my vision of what primary care should look like in 2040 and how we should integrate our system better.”
Pharmacies: Government Funding · 2026-09-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We do underpay for drugs—not just our expensive, lifesaving rare cancer drugs, but the everyday drugs that we purchase.…”
Department of Health and Social Care · 2026-06-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…However, when SMA is caught through newborn screening before symptoms even appear, that trajectory can change completely. Early treatment can halt the disease in its tracks and provide children with opportunities they would not have otherwise had.”
Spinal Muscular Atrophy: Newborn Screening Test · 2026-06-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Every single day, 1.6 million people walk through a pharmacy door, saving an estimated 38 million GP appointments every year. That is why the funding settlement announced last week matters so much. The 10.3% uplift adds £340 million to the overall contract.”
Community Pharmacies · 2026-06-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…One of my survey respondents has stage 4 cancer. They manage over 50 medical appointments alongside work and caring for a four-year-old child. They depend on NHS letters to manage care and plan their life around it, and one key appointment letter sent in December has still not arrived.”
Royal Mail: Performance · 2026-03-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
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