Biography
Sir Ashley Fox has engaged extensively on health and social care through 28 debate speeches, with particular focus on dentistry access and SEND provision in Somerset, which he has raised repeatedly as constituency issues affecting his constituents' ability to access NHS services. He has also highlighted workforce challenges including student midwife employment guarantees and staffing pressures in the NHS, alongside broader concerns about NHS funding and the financial impact of government policy on health providers like Weston Hospicecare. His contributions span multiple topics including GP access, mental health, and end-of-life care, though often framed within debates on broader government policy rather than as standalone health inquiries.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Secretary of State to her new role, and I agree that we need to reform education for children with SEND. Somerset council is failing children across the county. While neighbouring North Somerset council manages to assess 85% of children for their education, health and care plans within 20 weeks, Somerset council assess…”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism140th of 89927.0
- Dentistry access22nd of 19415.0
- Mental health386th of 8809.0
- Maternity & neonatal138th of 4386.0
- GP access49th of 2416.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing61st of 3026.0
- NHS waiting lists323rd of 5343.0
- Palliative & end of life care329th of 5683.0
- Elderly care & frailty76th of 2363.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
What they’ve said
“…They need fair funding that recognises the pressures of ageing populations and vulnerable residents. It is time for the Government to listen, develop a genuine coastal communities strategy and ensure that the people who live and work along our coastline have the opportunities that they deserve.…”
Coastal Communities: Isolation and Hidden Deprivation · 2026-07-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Does the hon. Lady agree that the Government’s failure to publish the impact assessment means that NHS authorities across the country do not know how much this deal will cost them? My constituents in Somerset cannot get a GP appointment or see an NHS dentist. That is far more important to them than this obscure deal.”
Department of Health and Social Care · 2026-06-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I do not believe that information was provided, certainly not when it was presented to me, but if the hon. Lady has it, no doubt she will send it to me. Jury trials and staff absence are not the only areas where the Government are focusing on the wrong issue; a similar problem emerges in the management of our prisons.”
Home Office and Ministry of Justice · 2026-06-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…They correctly assessed a crisis in NHS dentistry and promised to fix it. Nowhere is that crisis more felt than in the rural areas across the country. Nearly two years on from the general election, I consulted residents across my constituency in a survey about the health care issues that mattered to them.”
NHS Dentistry · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…More broadly, the Government must ensure that NHS dentistry is a viable and attractive career. This means continuing to look at how procedures are valued, at whether payments properly reflect the work involved and at how we can encourage dentists not just to enter the NHS but to remain in it.”
NHS Dentistry · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
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