Biography
Susan Murray has engaged extensively on health and social care through 22 debate speeches, addressing a broad range of topics including cancer (particularly brain tumours), unpaid carers, mental health, maternity and neonatal care, learning disabilities and autism, heart disease, respiratory conditions, dentistry access, health inequalities, and elderly care. Her contributions have often drawn on personal connections and constituency experience, such as advocating for improved NHS dentistry access in Mid Dunbartonshire and highlighting the need for community healthcare services for an ageing local population. Murray has also leveraged her professional background as a dietician to contribute to debates on children's health and nutrition.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Aside from transforming the Cross with a new, fresh business idea, Caitlyn, who owns the business, is a cancer survivor who raises a lot of money for the Beatson cancer centre in Glasgow, and I hope that this business can also survive.”
Record by topic
- Mental health159th of 88021.0
- Cancer126th of 62212.0
- Dentistry access32nd of 19412.0
- Public health & prevention183rd of 6889.0
- Learning disability & autism382nd of 8999.0
- Elderly care & frailty30th of 2366.0
- Unpaid carers158th of 2833.0
- Assisted dying193rd of 3713.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing118th of 3023.0
- Heart disease & stroke174th of 3983.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
- Maternity & neonatal238th of 4383.0
- Palliative & end of life care329th of 5683.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
What they’ve said
“…They are the biggest cancer killer of people under 40 in the UK. Each year, more than 12,000 people are diagnosed with a brain tumour and only a quarter of adults with a primary brain cancer survive for five years after diagnosis. That reality is compounded by late diagnosis.”
Brain Tumour Survival Rates · 2026-02-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…urity law to reflect changes made by the Scottish Government to carer benefits, and accounts for updates to the carer support payment, which replaces the carer’s allowance in Scotland, and two new Scottish carer payments: the carer additional person payment and the Scottish carer supplement.”
Draft Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Carer’s Assistance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2026 · 2026-01-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Long waits to see a GP are now all too common. People are in pain or struggling with their mental health. They are told to wait weeks, if not months, for treatment. We see enormous sums of money frittered away.”
St Andrew’s Day and Scottish Affairs · 2025-12-11 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ent finally recognise the specific ways in which men are suffering—from suicide to substance abuse and prostate cancer—but we need to go further. Many of the steps are still modest, especially on suicide. I have been directly affected by the suicide of a young man, who had his full future ahead of him.”
International Men’s Day · 2025-11-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I find it deeply concerning that we continue to see repeated failings in maternity services. The Ockenden report on Shrewsbury and Telford, and the East Kent inquiry, highlighted systemic issues, including inadequate equipment, crumbling maternity wards, weak incident management and slow triage of urgent cases.”
Baby Loss · 2025-10-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
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