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Barbara Keeley MP

Barbara Keeley MP

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Labour MP for Worsley and Eccles South

People with learning disabilities and autism are being failed by government inaction
Health
By Barbara Keeley MP
People with learning disabilities and autism are being failed by government inaction
Across the country there are more than 2,000 autistic people and people with learning disabilities who are being detained in inpatient settings.
Failing to address the cancer backlog could see survival rates fall for the first time in decades
Health
By Barbara Keeley MP
Failing to address the cancer backlog could see survival rates fall for the first time in decades
The Health and Social Care Select Committee has just held the last of its evidence sessions in its current inquiry into cancer services in England.
Outdated institutions should be banned from detaining autistic people and people with learning disabilities
Health
By Barbara Keeley MP
Outdated institutions should be banned from detaining autistic people and people with learning disabilities
The government has failed to invest in high quality community services which would support people to leave hospital and it has done nothing to stop the flow of people into inpatient units from the community.
People with long-term health conditions need an ambitious rehabilitation strategy to ensure they aren’t left behind
Health
By Barbara Keeley MP
People with long-term health conditions need an ambitious rehabilitation strategy to ensure they aren’t left behind
As the government considers its options for the long-overdue reform of social care, we must ensure that people can live independently in the way they choose for as long as is possible.
Government failure on social care should come as no surprise – they’ve been letting down people trapped in institutions for years
Health
By Barbara Keeley MP
Government failure on social care should come as no surprise – they’ve been letting down people trapped in institutions for years
Ten years on from the Winterbourne View revelations, it is time for the government to back up their rhetoric with action and end the long list of broken promises to autistic people and people with learning disabilities.
People who rely on social care can’t afford to keep waiting for reform
Health
By Barbara Keeley MP
People who rely on social care can’t afford to keep waiting for reform
When the government finally brings forward its proposals for social care reform, they must to do more than prop up a failing system and tinker with funding.
Government must suspend ‘do not resuscitate’ notices for Covid patients with learning disabilities
Coronavirus
By Barbara Keeley MP
Government must suspend ‘do not resuscitate’ notices for Covid patients with learning disabilities
The government must step in to ensure that people with learning disabilities are not wrongly denied Covid treatment and ensure vaccine priority is extended to everyone with a learning disability.
Mental health reform needs to come with enhanced funding for community services
Health
By Barbara Keeley MP
Mental health reform needs to come with enhanced funding for community services
Mental Health Act reform should mean fewer people being held in secure inpatient units and more people getting support to continue to live in their communities.
Test and trace is not the world-beating system we were promised, it is barely fit for purpose
Coronavirus
By Barbara Keeley MP
Test and trace is not the world-beating system we were promised, it is barely fit for purpose
The Government promised would to do whatever it takes to beat Covid-19. It’s time for ministers to live up to their word and build a system which works, is prepared for the demands of winter and a second wave.
The government is tinkering around the edges of the mental health crisis facing young people
Health
By Barbara Keeley MP
The government is tinkering around the edges of the mental health crisis facing young people

We need to ringfence funding, prioritise early intervention and look outside the health system to tackle the problem, says Barbara Keeley
If the current government cannot fix the social care crisis, then the next Labour government will
Social affairs
By Barbara Keeley MP
If the current government cannot fix the social care crisis, then the next Labour government will

Plans for the future of social care need to be ready as soon as possible, writes Barbara Keeley
New thinking is needed to solve the social care crisis
Social affairs
By Barbara Keeley MP
New thinking is needed to solve the social care crisis

The general election has shown that social care matters to people. It will take courage, commitment and extra funding to reform the system, writes Barbara Keeley