Biography
Sarah Russell has engaged extensively with health and social care issues through 39 debate speeches, spanning topics from NHS dentistry access and vaccination rates to mental health services, maternity support, and dementia care. Her contributions frequently address constituent concerns, such as calling for NHS dental contract reform and highlighting workforce shortages in children's mental health services. She has also raised issues affecting vulnerable populations, including adaptable housing for people with disabilities and support for self-employed parents accessing statutory maternity allowance.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“Does my hon. Friend find, as I do in my patch, that those who are on the social housing waiting list for the longest are often those with a disability who need a fully adaptable home? Does he agree that it is vital, when we spend public money on building new homes, that they should be built to an accessible and adaptab…”
Record by topic
- Maternity & neonatal17th of 43833.0
- Learning disability & autism122nd of 89930.0
- Mental health123rd of 88027.0
- Palliative & end of life care125th of 56812.0
- NHS waiting lists140th of 5349.0
- Adult social care & reform99th of 3766.0
- Unpaid carers92nd of 2836.0
- Cancer230th of 6226.0
- Dementia60th of 2516.0
- Dentistry access65th of 1946.0
- Elderly care & frailty30th of 2366.0
- Public health & prevention252nd of 6886.0
- Rare diseases80th of 2023.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
What they’ve said
“…The second vaccination that I want to talk about is cervical cancer. Every year, 3,300 women are still being diagnosed despite the take-up of the HPV vaccine among younger women, and around 685 women a year are losing their lives to the disease. The recent study mentioned by my hon.”
Vaccination Rates: England · 2026-09-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…All too often, including after the Ockenden report and the maternity scandals, systemic change has not followed from inquiry recommendations, despite the considerable resources and effort put in by individuals to improve systems.”
Public Office (Accountability) Bill · 2026-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Q8. Dr Carly Mellor, an NHS dentist in my constituency, recently said the following to me:“Ministers had pledged to fix the failed contract we work to within this Parliament. The Government has begun discussions on a new contract, and promised a public consultation on it this summer.”
Engagements · 2026-07-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It is not only drownings, but road accidents and issues associated with mental health problems. We need a consistent approach across the country to ensuring that our young people make it to adulthood, because they are not doing so at the rate that they should be. Too many young people are dying in my community.”
Water Safety · 2026-06-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Rossendale and Darwen (Andy MacNae) for securing this important debate. I have spoken previously about train services in my community; I will not spend a huge amount of my limited time on them, but I want to flag that we have been in government for two years, and train strikes in m…”
Small Towns: Transport Links · 2026-06-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
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