Which MPs and peers raise hospital discharge / bed-blocking most in Parliament?

Wes Streeting, Helen Morgan, Dr Rosena Allin-Khan lead the ranking of MPs and peers on hospital discharge / bed-blocking, based on every Hansard contribution since 9 July 2024.

How is the hospital discharge / bed-blocking ranking calculated?

Vital Signs ranks MPs and members of the House of Lords by a weighted score of their Hansard contributions on Hospital discharge / bed-blocking — speeches, written questions and committee work — over the course of this Parliament (since 9 July 2024). Ministerial statements and debate speeches carry more weight than written answers; every contribution counts at full weight however early in the Parliament it was made. Contributions are matched to this topic on whole-word keyword matching, so "send" is never mistaken for SEND and "career" is never mistaken for care. Ministers and shadow ministers are labelled, because answering on a brief is their job rather than a choice to raise it; their scores are shown as-is, not adjusted.

Hospital discharge / bed-blocking: which MPs and peers raise it most

Since the start of this Parliament, 128 MPs and peers have raised Hospital discharge / bed-blocking in Hansard debates, written questions and committee work. Debate has intensified recently: the last two months produced 428% more mentions than the two months before that.

The debate has been led most vocally by Wes Streeting (Labour, Ilford North), whose score of 69.0 is 1.4× that of the next most active contributor, Helen Morgan.

By party, Labour leads with 51% of weighted activity, followed by Liberal Democrat (28%) and Conservative (15%). The House of Commons accounts for 84% of all weighted activity on Hospital discharge / bed-blocking.

Vital Signs — Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Vital Signs — Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Mentions since the start of this Parliament

How the ranking works

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