Which MPs and peers raise public health & prevention most in Parliament?

Dr Caroline Johnson, Dr Beccy Cooper, Dr Danny Chambers lead the ranking of MPs and peers on public health & prevention, based on every Hansard contribution since 9 July 2024.

How is the public health & prevention ranking calculated?

Vital Signs ranks MPs and members of the House of Lords by a weighted score of their Hansard contributions on Public health & prevention — 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.

Public health & prevention: which MPs and peers raise it most

Since the start of this Parliament, 662 MPs and peers have raised Public health & prevention in Hansard debates, written questions and committee work. Debate has intensified recently: the last two months produced 29% more mentions than the two months before that.

The debate has been led most vocally by Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative, Sleaford and North Hykeham), whose score of 255.0 is 1.7× that of the next most active contributor, Dr Beccy Cooper.

By party, Labour leads with 49% of weighted activity, followed by Conservative (22%) and Liberal Democrat (18%). The House of Commons accounts for 74% of all weighted activity on Public health & prevention.

Most cited doctors & academics

UK clinicians and academics most frequently quoted as expert sources in press coverage of public health & prevention.

Professor Andrew Agbaje
1 citation
physician and associate professor of clinical epidemiology and child health at the University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
“Puberty is a defining moment in human biology that alters the whole body, but adiposity rebound is not; it is a natural growth process unattached to any problem, whether it is early rebound or late. So the previous associations relating early BMI-based adiposity rebound to later life obesity are misleading analyses. Positive statistical associations do not always equate to biological plausibility.”
A 42-year-old childhood obesity theory may be wrong
Dr. Craig Spencer
1 citation
Doctor
“Public Health Needs MAHA”
Does public health *need* MAHA?
Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
1 citation
MD, PhD
“Co-author of the article analyzing whether public health needs MAHA”
Does public health *need* MAHA?
Elisabeth Marnik
1 citation
Author
“Her comments section was full of hateful comments from pro-vaccine individuals attacking her for daring to suggest we approach vaccine-hesitant individuals with empathy.”
Does public health *need* MAHA?
Alison McCusker
1 citation
Health and Social Wellbeing Improvement Manager at the PHA
“Anxiety is a feeling of unease, fear or worry, and feeling anxious from time to time is something most of us experience.”
Pharmacy campaign offers support to manage anxiety
Rebekah Rea
1 citation
Community Pharmacist at Mathewson's Pharmacy, Ballymoney
“Community pharmacies are often one of the most accessible healthcare settings for people who may be struggling with their mental health.”
Pharmacy campaign offers support to manage anxiety
Dr Kim van Daalen
1 citation
University of Cambridge
“strain the cardiovascular system. This can lead to dehydration, heat exhaustion, heatstroke, kidney problems, and the worsening of existing heart and respiratory conditions.”
Expert analyses public health impact of wildfires and heatwaves
Antje Körner, MD
1 citation
pediatrician scientist and professor of metabolic research at University of Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany
“We could say that it's all due to genetics or just nutrition, but these factors act together: our biological makeup, mechanisms that determine body weight, and our epigenetic and environmental context”
Genes and Environment Shape Childhood Obesity Risk

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Mentions since the start of this Parliament

How the ranking works

Debate analysis

Media coverage

Most cited doctors & academics