Biography
Sam Rushworth has engaged extensively with health and social care topics through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on NHS dentistry access in his Bishop Auckland constituency, where he repeatedly raised concerns about practice closures in Shildon, West Auckland, and Bishop Auckland between 2024 and 2026. Beyond dentistry, he has contributed to debates on mental health (including male mental health funding), cancer (specifically lobular breast cancer), and NHS waiting lists, typically drawing on constituent experiences and local evidence. His engagement reflects a pattern of raising practical healthcare challenges affecting his represented area alongside broader policy discussions.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…essential for addressing the challenges we face as a nation; secondly, that active fatherhood is good for men’s mental health and wellbeing; and, thirdly, that good public policy should support active fatherhood and the presence of positive male role models in young people’s lives.”
Record by topic
- Mental health52nd of 88060.0
- Dentistry access15th of 19421.0
- Learning disability & autism253rd of 89915.0
- Cancer98th of 62215.0
- NHS waiting lists72nd of 53415.0
- Public health & prevention92nd of 68815.0
- Maternity & neonatal101st of 4389.0
- Unpaid carers68th of 2839.0
- Heart disease & stroke75th of 3986.0
- Diabetes33rd of 1906.0
- Dementia108th of 2513.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
- Palliative & end of life care329th of 5683.0
What they’ve said
“…Its report “Lost Boys” found that fatherlessness and a lack of mentorship is deeply harming young men’s mental health, education and life paths. Those are all things that I know from my own personal experience.”
Fathers and Positive Male Role Models · 2026-09-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Will he commit to continuing reform of the contract at pace and recognise that we need to better fund NHS dentistry? Will he or his officials meet me to discuss what we can do to help the affected patients in my constituency?…”
Access to NHS Dental Services · 2026-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…She is a mother of three and a very popular local schoolteacher, and she has lobular breast cancer. I first became aware of Katie through Dehenna Davison, who was the MP for Bishop Auckland before me.”
Lobular Breast Cancer: Moon Shot Project · 2026-07-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…West Auckland dental practice who have just been told that they can no longer have NHS dentistry. Let me take the House back to three years ago, when two dental practices closed in our area, one in Shildon and one in Bishop Auckland.”
NHS Dentistry · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Does my hon. Friend agree that this is a massive cost of living pressure for people who cannot afford a dentist, and that it would probably be worth our putting in the investment to ensure everyone can have an NHS dentist?”
NHS Dentistry · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
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