Biography
Yvette Cooper, as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has engaged extensively on health and social care through 40 debate speeches covering 12 topics, with particular focus on NHS investment, waiting lists, mental health, and maternity services. Her recent contributions centre on the NHS's response to summer health pressures, including £29 billion additional investment and recruitment of thousands of healthcare workers, alongside announcements of a new mental health strategy and a dementia tsar role. Cooper has also addressed prevention, health inequalities, and coordination across devolved administrations on public health issues.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…We have provided £450 million to transform urgent and emergency care, and we are already seeing improvements taking place, despite the very strong pressures on emergency care.”
Record by topic
- Mental health123rd of 88027.0
- Learning disability & autism221st of 89918.0
- Public health & prevention92nd of 68815.0
- Maternity & neonatal68th of 43812.0
- NHS waiting lists140th of 5349.0
- Health inequalities48th of 2889.0
- Adult social care & reform61st of 3769.0
- A&E & ambulance response34th of 2589.0
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking19th of 1396.0
- Cancer365th of 6223.0
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)47th of 1423.0
- Dementia108th of 2513.0
What they’ve said
“…Despite the record demand on the health service in July, there were actually improvements in performance on waiting lists, waiting times and emergency care as a result of the huge amount of planning and work that had been done on performance, particularly for A&E, emergency care and electives.”
Summer Health and Resilience · 2026-09-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…learn from each other, but there are also areas where we need proper co-ordination, particularly on some of the public health and information issues and—as the hon.”
Summer Health and Resilience · 2026-09-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…On the hon. Member’s point about corridor care, nobody should have to be seen or treated in a corridor, or have to wait for a long time at one of the most distressing times of all, when they need emergency care and support.”
Summer Health and Resilience · 2026-09-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…ealth demand, we have seen millions of additional appointments; record numbers of patients receiving treatment; waiting lists down by 350,000 in two years; ambulance and A&E waiting times down in the winter; thousands of extra doctors, nurses and mental health workers in place; and patient satisfaction with access to G…”
Summer Health and Resilience · 2026-09-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Our intention is to bring forward a new mental health strategy before Christmas, and I completely agree with him that we need to look at waiting times and where we can make early interventions around mental health. Earlier this summer, we announced new mental health A&E provision.”
Summer Health and Resilience · 2026-09-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
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