Debbie Abrahams
@Debbie_abrahams
MP for Oldham East and Saddleworth. Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health. Former NHS Trust Chair & PH academic. Tackling inequalities & fighting for fairness.
🎬 #TheUnequalPandemic has now been released on YouTube! youtube.com/watch?v=_zhnSi… Co produced by myself and @lorneguy & @webb_phil at @GoodGuysfilms, #TUP explores the underlying health inequalities that led to higher levels of mortality from #COVID. With expert analysis from…
Hello everyone, It was an honour to be at the launch of this beautiful children's book written by #AizaKhan for her son Syrus after his Dada died of #Covid 18 months ago. Massive congratulations Aize. #covidbereavedfamilies
The ongoing suffering in #Gaza is beyond horrific. Babies being bombed or freezing to death; doctors being abducted and/or killed; precision drones targeting older people. There have been some welcome changes from the new Labour Government including the sanctioning of settlers,…
In the first session of 2025, @CommonsWorkPen continued to gather evidence for our inquiry into the safeguarding of vulnerable claimants. I asked several questions of the DWP's Chief Medical Advisor yesterday.
Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse is an appalling crime. It is all of our responsibility to be vigilant, to report any concerns, to prevent these crimes from taking place and to ensure abusers are punished. I support a victim-led approach to tackling CSE. If they believe a…
Happy New Year! Well done to Louie for winning the Festive Card Competition of the year. Thank you to all the children who submitted entries from St Anne's C E Lydgate Primary School and all the other schools that took part #FestiveCardCompetition
ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE: A @WFP convoy, clearly marked & carrying 8 team members, was shot at by Israeli forces near Wadi Gaza despite prior clearances. Humanitarians are #NotATarget! We MUST have safe, secure access to continue delivering life-saving aid.
WFP strongly condemns the horrifying incident on January 5, when a clearly marked @WFP convoy was shot at by Israeli forces near the Wadi #Gaza checkpoint. wfp.org/news/shooting-…
Millions more appointments. Greater choice and convenience for patients. NHS staff once again able to give the standard of care they desperately want to. Our elective reform plan will end the backlogs and make our NHS fit for the future.
Today I asked the Secretary of State @DHSCgovuk about the new agreement with the private healthcare sector delivering care in surgical hubs. Specifically I asked what arrangements had been made if/when these patients need emergency care. #HealthforAll
Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it! After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole of its bus network. 🙌🏻
There are no functioning hospitals in North Gaza. This is unacceptable. Israel is responsible for ensuring civilians have access to medical care and must do much more to immediately address this crisis. Both sides must finally end this war.
Goodbye 2024. Hello 2025! Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, I hope you have a wonderful time tonight. Good luck and very best wishes for the year ahead. Happy New Year!!🍻 youtube.com/watch?v=ci4ZLM… ❤️
“I reiterate my call for independent investigations into the systematic disregard for the protection of humanitarian workers, premises and operations. This cannot become the new standard and impunity cannot become the new norm.” - @UNLazzarini
"It is truly in our hands to create a better world for all who live in it" The new '@NelsonMandela SDGs Quote Book' is a reminder of the impact that a single individual can have on the world. Let us be inspired by Mandela’s words #ForPeopleForPlanet. buff.ly/3VV1RJk
🔹 Right to life 🔹 Freedom 🔹 Justice Human rights belong to all of us. They are non-negotiable. Explore all the principles affirmed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: buff.ly/4gIiqQO
"War is the worst enemy of human rights." As conflicts surged in 2024, @UNHumanRights chief @volker_turk reflects on the profound impact wars are having on people’s rights around the world. “The pursuit of war —the practice of escalation— cannot become the new normal.”