The Rt Hon Sir Roger Gale is the Conservative MP for Herne Bay and Sandwich, and has been an MP continually since 9 June 1983. Sits on the Panel of Chairs.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
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Ranks 355th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 28%. 18 contributions since 2024-09-10.
What they’ve raised
Sir Roger Gale has engaged extensively on health and social care through 18 debate speeches, with particular focus on palliative and end of life care, maternity services, and the NHS workforce. He has repeatedly raised concerns about the impact of national insurance contributions on children's hospices (Shooting Star and Demelza House) and independent care providers, arguing the policy undermines frontline care while government funding addresses only capital costs. He has also advocated for improved palliative care provision, pressed for promised funding for maternity unit reconstruction at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate, and highlighted workforce pressures affecting vulnerable groups including elderly and disabled people.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Palliative & end of life care43rd of 55230.0
- Cancer224th of 6136.0
- Learning disability & autism463rd of 8986.0
- Maternity & neonatal130th of 4276.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing116th of 2953.0
- Elderly care & frailty72nd of 2273.0
- Assisted dying184th of 3473.0
What they’ve said
“…There is no need for that to happen. Geriatric though I may be, I understand the difference in definition between a smartphone and a brick phone. It is perfectly possible for any child who has to have a phone to have a brick phone, at very modest cost, so that they can communicate on medically essential matters, or if…”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2026-04-22 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Secretary of State understand that the remarks that he made on Sky television prior to the recess about the maternity unit at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother hospital in Margate were ill informed, anachronistic, deeply offensive and damaging to morale? I was heavily involved, and have been since, in the events fol…”
Maternity Care · 2026-04-14 · Read on Hansard ↗
“May I first join the Father of the House, my right hon. Friend the Member for Gainsborough (Sir Edward Leigh), in thanking the Secretary of State for Defence for the power of his words, and for the manner in which he has spoken for the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and not just for the Government? I do not think th…”
Ukraine · 2026-02-25 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Friend the Member for Sevenoaks (Laura Trott). Schools in my constituency do not have enough money to pay for SEND pupils. It is no good the Secretary of State talking about capital expenditure with more on this and more on that—we need to know where the money is coming from to pay the revenue costs incurred by SEND pu…”