Biography
Sir Gavin Williamson has raised six health and social care topics through seven Commons debate speeches, with particular emphasis on maternity and neonatal services following constituent cases at Nottingham NHS Trust and other trusts. He has also highlighted concerns about funding pressures on children's hospices facing National Insurance contribution increases, early-onset dementia support in his constituency, and individual cases involving cancer treatment and ambulance service provision. His engagement reflects a focus on constituent-led advocacy combined with systemic issues affecting health and social care provision.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“I was not that familiar with the issue of neonatal and maternity services until my constituent, Mr Thomas Hender, contacted me about the tragic loss of his son, Aubrey. He highlighted the battle that he and his family had gone through, and that so many others had been going through.”
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care213th of 5686.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
- Dementia108th of 2513.0
- Maternity & neonatal238th of 4383.0
- Unpaid carers158th of 2833.0
What they’ve said
“…My one slight concern is that we might start to see a real divergence in the level of support offered to kinship carers in different local authority areas. Could the Minister expand a little bit on how he will take action to ensure there is not too great a divergence?…”
Children’s Social Care: Enduring Relationships Strategy · 2026-06-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“The last Labour Government forced through the merger of Staffordshire ambulance service with West Midlands ambulance service, and Staffordshire ended up with a poorer service.”
Police Reform · 2025-11-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…She has gone through chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant, and while she has made good process and is in remission, sadly the stem cell transplant has failed after nine and a half months. Under the current rules, if it fails in under a year she cannot have a second stem cell transplant.”
Acute Myeloid Leukaemia · 2025-10-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
“A short while ago, I met members of the Brewood and Codsall dementia support group in my constituency, and they raised the issue of the increasing number of people being diagnosed with early onset dementia and the difficulties of supporting them.”
Business of the House · 2025-03-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point, but let us look at children’s hospices, which will be down £4.9 million. Most funding for children’s hospices does not come from the Government; it comes from communities and from people supporting them.”
National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill · 2025-03-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
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