Helen Morgan is the Liberal Democrat MP for North Shropshire, and has been an MP continually since 16 December 2021. She currently undertakes the role of Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Health and Social Care).
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 21st of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 2%. 146 contributions since 2024-07-19.
Helen Morgan has engaged extensively on health and social care through 40 debate speeches, with particular focus on public health threats including medical disinformation and vaccination uptake, maternity safety, dentistry access, and NHS capacity issues such as corridor care and ambulance response times. Her contributions reflect consistent concerns about health inequalities and postcode lottery provision, particularly in palliative care and dental services, alongside system-wide issues affecting workforce and hospital discharge. Morgan has championed patient safety measures, including proposals for mandatory escalation of medical malpractice to regulators and improved data collection on end-of-life care provision.
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“…vaccination programmes that have been brought in over the past century have undoubtedly been game-changing for public health, not least for people growing up with working-class backgrounds, as my family would have been.”
Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting) · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…(3) Regulations under subsection (1) must include provision for minimum levels of service by categories of NHS workforce staff, including all Agenda for Change staff but not doctors.”
Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting) · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…In the case of Nottingham, the board commissioned a number of independent reports into maternity services, and when it did not see an answer it liked, it just commissioned another one. We feel strongly that those issues should have been referred onwards as soon as they were known about.”
Health Bill (Sixteenth sitting) · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Friend the Member for Guildford (Zöe Franklin) for tabling the new clause. She has asked me to speak about dental deserts in Surrey and East Hampshire, the area that she lives in and represents.”
Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting) · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Lower vaccination rates have been recognised as a growing threat to public health this year, and in February the NHS launched a new vaccination campaign following concerns about the declining uptake of measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations.”
Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting) · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…New clause 53 would give patients a right to start cancer treatment within 62 days of referral and require the Secretary of State to establish a scheme to deliver that. It would also require the Secretary of State to update the House on progress against the target on or around the time of World Cancer Day.”
Health Bill (Sixteenth sitting) · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
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