Karin Smyth is the Labour MP for Bristol South, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. She currently holds the Government post of Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care).
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 5th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 1%. 335 contributions since 2024-07-17.
What they’ve raised
Karin Smyth engaged extensively on health and social care through 40 debate speeches during Health Bill committee proceedings in July 2026, addressing a broad range of topics including NHS workforce transformation, technology in healthcare, respiratory disease prevention, cardiac diagnostics, palliative care, women's health, and service frameworks. Her contributions demonstrated particular focus on implementation of the government's 10-year health plan, with recurring emphasis on local service delivery, prevention, and support for healthcare staff working conditions. She drew on her prior experience, including previous work establishing referral management services, to ground her points on practical healthcare delivery challenges.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- NHS waiting lists3rd of 530231.0
- Mental health7th of 867180.0
- Maternity & neonatal2nd of 427132.0
- Cancer8th of 613129.0
- Public health & prevention6th of 683111.0
- Adult social care & reform3rd of 36199.0
- Palliative & end of life care10th of 55290.0
- A&E & ambulance response2nd of 248
What they’ve said
“…measures to improve gynaecology services and women’s access to care, including piloting gynaecology pathways in community diagnostic centres for patients with post-menopausal bleeding, increasing the relative funding available to incentivise providers to take on more gynaecology procedures, and using surgical hubs to h…”
Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting) · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Edmunds and Stowmarket have outlined, by taking the action that is so necessary to help and support people with respiratory disease.…”
Health Bill (Sixteenth sitting) · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Friend for bringing his experience to bear on this matter. I absolutely agree. New clause 82 stems from that resident doctors dispute. One of the first things that we did was to agree the 10-point plan with regard to the management in trusts.”
Health Bill (Seventeenth sitting) · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…As I said, our view is very pragmatic: it is to support the treatment of patients to get waiting lists down. That is what our constituents deserve. Where capacity can be used, we want to make sure that that choice is available.…”
Health Bill (Sixteenth sitting) · 2026-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗