Biography
Yasmin Qureshi has engaged extensively with health and social care through 18 debate speeches covering a broad range of topics including unpaid carers, NHS dentistry access, A&E waiting times, and SEND provision. She has drawn on personal experience—including her own health scare and family caring responsibilities—to advocate for policy changes, and has led parliamentary groups on dentistry and the Primodos medication scandal. Her contributions reflect sustained engagement across multiple health issues, with particular focus on NHS service provision challenges and support for vulnerable populations.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“There are 4.5 million unpaid carers in England. I have first-hand knowledge of the impact of that on carers and their families, having been a carer for two members of my own family, but I also know that for millions of carers the emotional and financial toll is far greater than what I faced.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism253rd of 89915.0
- NHS waiting lists101st of 53412.0
- Dentistry access41st of 1949.0
- A&E & ambulance response55th of 2586.0
- Heart disease & stroke75th of 3986.0
- Maternity & neonatal138th of 4386.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking41st of 1393.0
- Unpaid carers158th of 2833.0
- Diabetes68th of 1903.0
- Mental health654th of 8803.0
- Palliative & end of life care329th of 5683.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
- Elderly care & frailty76th of 2363.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
What they’ve said
“…The next day I had an MRI scan and then went to see a neurologist and a stroke team. Let me be absolutely clear: I do not blame the hospital or the staff. They were professional and compassionate throughout.”
NHS Corridor Care · 2026-07-08 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I am proud to speak in this debate. I declare that I co-chair the all-parliamentary group on dentistry and oral health. I have been working on this issue for the best part of a decade, raising it with Ministers in the previous Government, and I have to say that the scale of the challenge that this Government inherited…”
NHS Dentistry · 2026-06-15 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention. I could go on and on explaining how evidence is presented, but all I will say from my years of experience—not just in the CPS, but in the independent Bar as well—is that I have gone through thousands of pages of documents, and juries have reacted to that and been able to dea…”
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Eighth sitting) · 2026-04-21 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…One family told me that their autistic son becomes extremely distressed by unexpected fireworks. He screams, hides and cannot settle for hours. They want him to enjoy celebrations like any other child, but unpredictable late-night fireworks make evenings frightening, rather than joyful.”
Fireworks (Noise Control etc) · 2025-12-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…It was linked to miscarriages, stillbirths and babies born with life-changing disabilities, yet the families were met not with transparency, but with denial. In 1967, Dr Isabel Gal published research in Nature showing a possible link between hormone pregnancy tests and birth defects.”
Public Office (Accountability) Bill · 2025-11-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
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