Biography
Terry Jermy has engaged extensively on health and social care through 21 debate speeches, with particular emphasis on stroke and heart disease—topics shaped by his father's severe stroke in 2013 and subsequent death in 2023. He has consistently raised concerns about rural health inequalities, including challenges at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn (cited as the worst-performing hospital nationally), dentistry access across East Anglia, and primary care infrastructure issues including RAAC-affected buildings. His contributions also address cancer awareness, social care reform, learning disability and autism services, and welfare support, frequently drawing on personal experience to illustrate systemic challenges facing his Norfolk constituency.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Secondly, the Government need to do more around the special educational needs and disabilities crisis. I appreciate that SEND is somewhat outside the Minister’s brief, but it is a crucial issue for councils like Norfolk’s that are trying to meet the growing cost of SEND while delivering other services.”
Record by topic
- Heart disease & stroke18th of 39818.0
- Learning disability & autism253rd of 89915.0
- Mental health241st of 88015.0
- GP access19th of 24112.0
- Cancer180th of 6229.0
- NHS waiting lists140th of 5349.0
- A&E & ambulance response55th of 2586.0
- Adult social care & reform99th of 3766.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
- Dentistry access100th of 1943.0
- Health inequalities135th of 2883.0
What they’ve said
“…One of the leading causes of disability, particularly for working-age adults, is stroke. It is a subject I know all too well; my dad had a life-altering stroke at 55, and 10 years later, just days after his 65th birthday, it was a stroke that killed him. During those 10 years, PIP was an absolute lifeline for him.”
Timms Review: Interim Report · 2026-07-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…, who created a postcode lottery in which many more rural communities missed out, this will be a truly national cancer plan that covers all parts of our great country.…”
National Cancer Plan · 2026-02-05 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It contains nothing about public services such as adult social care, or about dentistry. [Interruption.] Do rural people not get ill? Do they not grow old?…”
Rural Communities · 2026-01-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…t, which covers the rural counties of the eastern region, was the worst ambulance trust in the country, and the mental health trust was not far behind. Rural communities remember all too well the decline they experienced under 14 years of Conservative Governments.”
Rural Communities · 2026-01-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I am very proud to employ a special educational needs and disabilities specialist caseworker, and I am grateful that Parliament funds that role, which is currently supporting more than 150 families across South West Norfolk—families who are desperate and are navigating a SEND system that we know to be in crisis.”
Business of the House · 2025-12-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
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