Biography
Shockat Adam has engaged extensively with health and social care issues through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on eye health, cancer support for young people, and health inequalities in primary care provision. His contributions reflect his professional background as a practising optometrist, evident in detailed discussions on glaucoma care integration and community pharmacy challenges, while also addressing broader concerns including maternity care standards, mental health service funding, and support for neurodivergent adults. He has consistently raised issues affecting his Leicester South constituency and emphasised the need for equitable access to NHS services across deprived and affluent areas.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Commissioning it properly would reduce unnecessary demand on emergency departments, freeing them to focus on genuinely specialist cases while improving patients’ access to specialist eyecare where they need it.”
Record by topic
- Mental health62nd of 88051.0
- Learning disability & autism76th of 89939.0
- NHS waiting lists37th of 53421.0
- Cancer98th of 62215.0
- Public health & prevention125th of 68812.0
- Elderly care & frailty8th of 23612.0
- Dementia30th of 2519.0
- Heart disease & stroke41st of 3989.0
- Palliative & end of life care213th of 5686.0
- Health inequalities80th of 2886.0
- Rare diseases46th of 2026.0
- Unpaid carers158th of 2833.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
- Children's health56th of 1573.0
- Diabetes68th of 1903.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
- Long Covid16th of 553.0
- Maternity & neonatal238th of 4383.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
What they’ve said
“Young people with cancer often face severe isolation during treatment, separated from their friends and everything that is normal to them at that critical age. In Leicester South, at Leicester Royal Infirmary it has been left to charities like the Teenage Cancer Trust to provide vital care and support, funded through d…”
Topical Questions · 2026-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…We also know that poor mental health costs the economy an estimated £300 billion annually. Conversely, cultural engagement among 18 to 30-year-olds shows an average wellbeing benefit of £854 per person.”
Culture, Media And Sport · 2026-06-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…That is the heart of the problem: as we have heard today, brain cancer is the biggest cancer killer of children and adults under 40, yet our survival rates lag behind most of Europe.”
Brain Cancer · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…GP in those areas and, as has been mentioned, pharmacists really do plug the gap, saving 38 million GP appointments and doing incredible work. The Government’s 10-year health plan is built on the bold premise of shifting care out of hospitals and into our communities.”
Community Pharmacies · 2026-06-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…The Bill introduces a statutory duty to reduce health inequalities and, under clause 24, to produce neighbourhood health plans, but a plan without the workforce to deliver it is a plan in name only. I must also declare my interest as a practising optometrist.”
Health Bill · 2026-06-01 · Read on Hansard ↗
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