Which MPs and peers raise nhs & care workforce/staffing most in Parliament?

Wes Streeting, Dr Caroline Johnson, Baroness Merron lead the ranking of MPs and peers on nhs & care workforce/staffing, based on every Hansard contribution since 9 July 2024.

How is the nhs & care workforce/staffing ranking calculated?

Vital Signs ranks MPs and members of the House of Lords by a weighted score of their Hansard contributions on NHS & care workforce/staffing — 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.

NHS & care workforce/staffing: which MPs and peers raise it most

Since the start of this Parliament, 285 MPs and peers have raised NHS & care workforce/staffing in Hansard debates, written questions and committee work. Debate has intensified recently: the last two months produced 100% more mentions than the two months before that.

The debate has been led most vocally by Wes Streeting (Labour, Ilford North), whose score of 249.0 is 3.2× that of the next most active contributor, Dr Caroline Johnson.

By party, Labour leads with 54% of weighted activity, followed by Conservative (22%) and Liberal Democrat (15%). The House of Commons accounts for 78% of all weighted activity on NHS & care workforce/staffing.

Vital Signs — NHS & care workforce/staffing

Vital Signs — NHS & care workforce/staffing

Mentions since the start of this Parliament

How the ranking works

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