Gregory Stafford is the Conservative MP for Farnham and Bordon, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. He currently undertakes the role of Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons). Sits on the Health and Social Care Committee.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 15th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 1%. 165 contributions since 2024-07-22.
What they’ve raised
Gregory Stafford has engaged extensively on health and social care through 40 debate speeches, with particularly strong focus on NHS workforce pressures, dentistry access, and hospital bed-blocking. He has raised recurring concerns about the lack of NHS dentists in his constituency (Surrey and East Hampshire), the inappropriate use of corridors and unsuitable spaces for patient care, and the importance of proper data collection to measure healthcare problems. His contributions also covered mental health services, social care reform, learning disabilities, and public health, often drawing on his background working in healthcare and his membership of the Health and Social Care Committee.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Mental health9th of 867153.0
- Public health & prevention7th of 683105.0
- Learning disability & autism18th of 89884.0
- NHS waiting lists17th of 53039.0
- Palliative & end of life care33rd of 55239.0
- Cancer37th of 61330.0
- Maternity & neonatal21st of 42724.0
- NHS & care workforce/staffing11th of 295
What they’ve said
“…Constituents regularly raise with me their concerns about seeing an NHS dentist. As I have announced a number of times in this Committee—although I have not checked today, so may not be true any more—there is not a single dentist in my constituency taking on adult or child NHS patients at the moment.”
Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting) · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I suspect that they probably have. For patients awaiting cancer treatment, for someone requiring urgent surgery or for families relying on maternity services, the impact can be deeply serious and potentially even deadly.”
Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting) · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I should note for the record that I am the vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on special educational needs and disabilities. The hon. Member for Winchester, on behalf of the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon, made the case very strongly.”
Health Bill (Fifteenth sitting) · 2026-07-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…When I worked on the Getting It Right First Time programme, our accident and emergency reports put forward some interesting methods that could potentially help with that. Some of that has been implemented and some has not, but I recommend all hon.”
Health Bill (Fourteenth sitting) · 2026-07-09 · Read on Hansard ↗