Sarah Gibson is the Liberal Democrat MP for Chippenham, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024. Sits on the Environmental Audit Committee.
Overall, across health & social care this Parliament
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Ranks 394th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 31%. 16 contributions since 2024-10-16.
What they’ve raised
Gibson has engaged on health and social care primarily through debate speeches, with particular focus on NHS dentistry access in rural areas, where she secured an Adjournment debate and made multiple contributions highlighting the closure of practices and poor dentist-to-population ratios. She has also raised employment rights for adult social care workers, carers' entitlements, and the importance of preventive approaches to dentistry. Her contributions reflect concerns specific to her rural constituency, including issues around public transport access and the sustainability of NHS dental provision.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
Record by topic
- Dentistry access5th of 19133.0
- Learning disability & autism654th of 8983.0
- Maternity & neonatal227th of 4273.0
- Mental health645th of 8673.0
- Public health & prevention414th of 6833.0
- Adult social care & reform180th of 3613.0
What they’ve said
“On the subject of getting young people into farming, my local agricultural college tells me that when it tries to send students to help on farms, the farmers find it extremely difficult to find a use for them, because getting a licence to drive high-level agricultural equipment is so expensive that students from lower-…”
Agriculture: Government Support · 2026-04-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Our hope for the adult social care negotiating body, similar to that for the SSSNB, is that having a uniform body can help to negotiate and address some of the issues that he highlighted, such as the poor pay and terms and conditions that a lot of adult social care workers suffer.”
Employment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting) · 2024-12-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…free schools have done very well is cater for children with learning difficulties, whether they are dyslexic or autistic, or doing all the other things that probably many of us in this room have benefited from.”
Employment Rights Bill (Fourteenth sitting) · 2024-12-17 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Very many carers end up in poverty as a result. We know that there are higher rates of physical and mental health problems among carers because of the poverty, the strains caused by caring and the difficulties of balancing caring work with paid work.”
Employment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting) · 2024-11-28 ·