Biography
Victoria Atkins has engaged substantively on health and social care topics primarily through Commons debate speeches, with particular emphasis on diabetes (drawing on her personal diagnosis at age three), cancer, mental health, and NHS workforce and performance issues. Her contributions reflect both her former role as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and her current constituency interests, including advocacy around infant diabetes testing and support for rural mental health. While the recent extracts show her focus has shifted toward rural affairs and farming policy, her health portfolio engagement demonstrates sustained attention to service delivery, treatment access, and workforce challenges across multiple conditions.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“First, I echo the Secretary of State’s comments in remembrance of her dear colleague Jo Cox. Her loss was felt across the House and across party political lines, and I send all of our very best wishes to her loved ones and friends.”
Record by topic
- NHS waiting lists72nd of 53415.0
- Cancer126th of 62212.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing25th of 30212.0
- Mental health386th of 8809.0
- Learning disability & autism382nd of 8999.0
- Heart disease & stroke75th of 3986.0
- Diabetes33rd of 1906.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
- Adult social care & reform186th of 3763.0
- Dementia108th of 2513.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
- Maternity & neonatal238th of 4383.0
- Palliative & end of life care329th of 5683.0
What they’ve said
“I warmly welcome the Minister to her place. I should declare that I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of three, so I cannot begin to imagine the pain that Mr and Mrs Story, and other affected families who are in the Public Gallery or watching this debate online, have felt—particularly my constituent Levi, w…”
Type 1 Diabetes: Infant Testing · 2026-03-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…They used to employ people, giving young people their first job, bringing mothers back into the workforce after maternity leave, enabling people to have good careers near their families, encouraging others to start their own businesses, and bringing prosperity and vibrancy to our market towns and villages.”
Rural Communities · 2026-01-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…hat, then those figures are meaningless, as Ministers are counting money for 2025-26 that could be removed at a stroke by the Chancellor. The decision on SFI has consequences, as my right hon. Friend the Member for Salisbury (John Glen) and my hon.”
Farming · 2025-03-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Derbyshire emailed me this week to say: “Our hard work and investment as a family has been wiped away in the stroke of a pen.” They went on to say: “My 60 year old husband had a bleed on the brain in June and thankfully has made a full recovery but I’ve never seen him so stressed. He doesn’t know what to do”. Hon.”
Farming and Inheritance Tax · 2024-12-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Do not worry; I will deal with that. I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising the important issue of mental health in farming across the national health service. I was proud to work, as a Member of Parliament and as Secretary of State for Health, to massively increase investment in mental health services.”
Farming and Inheritance Tax · 2024-12-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
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