Biography
Wera Hobhouse has engaged extensively with health and social care through 40 debate speeches, with particular emphasis on mental health issues including eating disorders—a recurring focus where she has raised concerns about service provision gaps, long diagnostic waiting times, and the need for community-based daycare centres. Her contributions span multiple health topics including public health prevention, NHS service pressures, and adult social care funding constraints, often highlighting how local authorities struggle to balance mandatory services against optional provision. She has also raised cross-cutting concerns about online harms to vulnerable groups, particularly the promotion of eating disorder content on social media platforms and the need for stronger regulation.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…severe financial pressure, as we all know, due to the growing cost of social care, temporary accommodation and special educational needs provision. Councils may want to improve accessibility, but without dedicated capital funding, projects are delayed or even abandoned.”
Record by topic
- Mental health24th of 88096.0
- Cancer43rd of 62227.0
- NHS waiting lists55th of 53418.0
- Learning disability & autism221st of 89918.0
- Palliative & end of life care105th of 56815.0
- Heart disease & stroke29th of 39812.0
- Public health & prevention125th of 68812.0
- Unpaid carers48th of 28312.0
- Maternity & neonatal101st of 4389.0
- Dementia60th of 2516.0
- Health inequalities80th of 2886.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)21st of 1426.0
- Adult social care & reform99th of 3766.0
- Diabetes68th of 1903.0
- Dentistry access100th of 1943.0
- A&E & ambulance response107th of 2583.0
- Elderly care & frailty76th of 2363.0
What they’ve said
“…local authorities are stuck when it comes to providing mandatory services? They have to provide children’s and adult social care, but public toilets are optional. That is the dilemma.”
Changing Places Toilets: Capital Funding · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“Does my hon. Friend agree that, with good intentions, the Government wanted to do something about gambling addiction, but so much gambling is now done on the black market? We should look at gambling addiction as a public health issue and look at other reforms to support the horseracing industry.”
Future of British Horseracing · 2026-07-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Over 500,000 women are now on gynaecology waiting lists, which have grown faster than the waiting lists for any other condition. Again, we should ask ourselves the question, why might that be? While women sit on waiting lists, they continue trying to work through pain that is often invisible to others.”
Endometriosis Services · 2026-03-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“So many mental health problems could be cared for much better in the community. As the chair of the eating disorders all-party parliamentary group, I know that some years ago we had an inquiry called “There’s No Place Like Home”.”
Community Mental Health Services · 2026-03-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…He survived stage 4 cancer and his illness is now forcing him to retire. Capita, which administers the civil service pension scheme, has taken over two years to get a statement to him about his pension, ultimately delaying the moment when he can retire.”
Business of the House · 2026-03-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
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