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01  Journalist · Healthcare Today · Medical ethics & regulation

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Journalist

Adrian Murdoch

Healthcare Today

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Also cited

Bylines read on 9 topics since 2 Dec 2025 · latest 9 Nov 2026

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  • Healthcare Today

This counts only pieces our coverage scan read on the topics Vital Signs tracks, not their full output.

Adrian Murdoch: key facts

Title
Healthcare Today
Press coverage
Also citedby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
9 Nov 2026
First read
2 Dec 2025

03  Beat

What Adrian Murdoch covers

How we found the articles by Adrian Murdoch we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 9 topics

Medical ethics & regulation

  • medical ethics
  • General Medical Council
  • GMC
  • fitness to practise
  • patient consent
  • Mental Capacity Act
  • conscientious objection
  • medical confidentiality

Also searched with “medical ethics” in each of 8 national papers. Every term for Medical ethics & regulation

Cosmetic procedures & aesthetics

  • cosmetic procedures
  • non-surgical cosmetic procedures
  • Botox
  • botulinum toxin
  • dermal fillers
  • cosmetic fillers
  • lip fillers
  • aesthetic medicine

Also searched with “cosmetic procedures” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Cosmetic procedures & aesthetics

Women's health & gynaecology

  • women's health
  • gynaecology
  • endometriosis
  • menopause
  • HRT
  • cervical screening
  • women's health strategy
  • women's health hub

Also searched with “women's health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Women's health & gynaecology

Palliative & end of life care

  • palliative care
  • end of life care
  • hospice
  • terminal illness

Also searched with “palliative care” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Palliative & end of life care

A&E & ambulance response

  • A&E waiting times
  • A&E department
  • accident and emergency
  • ambulance response times
  • ambulance handover
  • ambulance waiting
  • ambulance service
  • emergency department

Also searched with “A&E waiting times” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for A&E & ambulance response

Health inequalities

  • health inequalities
  • health disparities
  • health inequality
  • deprivation and health
  • healthy life expectancy
  • life expectancy gap
  • levelling up health
  • social determinants of health

Also searched with “health inequalities” in each of 8 national papers. Every term for Health inequalities

Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

  • hospital discharge
  • delayed discharge
  • bed blocking
  • bed-blocking
  • discharge to assess
  • delayed transfers of care
  • discharge delays
  • step-down care

Also searched with “hospital discharge” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

GP access

  • GP access
  • general practice
  • GP appointments
  • primary care access
  • GP shortage

Also searched with “GP access” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for GP access

NHS waiting lists

  • NHS waiting list
  • waiting list
  • elective waiting times
  • elective recovery
  • elective backlog
  • waiting list backlog
  • referral to treatment
  • RTT

Also searched with “NHS waiting list” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for NHS waiting lists

04  Who they quote

Who Adrian Murdoch calls

Voices credited in their pieces. A reporter who has called someone before is likely to call them again.

  1. Dr Alexander ZargaranClinician
  2. Dr Alison WrightClinician
  3. Dame Lesley ReganRegulator
  4. David ZargaranAcademic
  5. Clive BettsSector leader
  6. Gareth DaviesRegulator
  7. Liz BooyseSector leader
  8. Amer RazaClinician
  9. Prof Vivien LeesClinician
  10. Dr Katie BramallUnion
  11. Stefan KalleeRegulator
  12. Professor Pushpinder MangatRegulator
  13. Ciarán DevaneSector leader
  14. Nora NugentClinician
  15. Rajiv GroverClinician

Showing the voices quoted most often; more are credited in their coverage.

05  The record

Recent articles

  1. 9 Nov 2026
  2. 6 Oct 2026
  3. 29 Sept 2026
  4. 14 Sept 2026
  5. 11 Sept 2026
  6. 26 May 2026
  7. 28 Apr 2026
  8. 30 Mar 2026
  9. 3 Mar 2026
  10. 27 Feb 2026
  11. 19 Feb 2026
  12. 22 Jan 2026
  13. 21 Jan 2026
  14. 13 Jan 2026
  15. 4 Dec 2025
  16. 2 Dec 2025
  17. 2 Dec 2025

Bylines and quoted sources are read automatically from UK coverage of the topics Vital Signs tracks, so this page reflects what our scan has read rather than a complete record. Where a biography appears, it is published by the outlet itself about its own correspondent, and linked above. Photographs come from the outlet’s own byline or author page, or from the journalist’s LinkedIn profile, and each is credited under the picture. Social accounts are not held: asserting an unverified one would attach a real person to an account that might not be theirs. See the methodology, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.