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01  Journalist · BBC · GP access

Aimee Stanton: no photograph is held, so their initials are shown instead.
Journalist

Aimee Stanton

BBC and 2 other titles

Articles read per month · health & social care
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Bylines read on 4 topics since 25 Nov 2025 · latest 18 Aug 2026

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  • BBC
  • bbc.com
  • BBC News Scotland

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

02  Writes on · 4 of 29 topics

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Aimee Stanton: key facts

Main title
BBC
Covers
GP access, Cancer, Hospital discharge / bed-blockingand 1 more
Press coverage
Bylined in the pressby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
18 Aug 2026
First read
25 Nov 2025

03  Beat

What Aimee Stanton covers

How we found the articles by Aimee Stanton we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 4 topics

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

Cancer

  • cancer
  • cancer treatment
  • cancer screening
  • cancer waiting times
  • oncology
  • chemotherapy
  • radiotherapy
  • cancer diagnosis

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

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

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 Aimee Stanton calls

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

  1. Richard WilsonSector leader
  2. Dr Iain MorrisonClinician
  3. Dr Peter CairnsClinician
  4. Dr Fiona HunterClinician
  5. Stephen BoyleSector leader
  6. Dr Hayley HarrisAcademic
  7. Dr Chris ProvanClinician

05  The record

Recent articles

  1. 18 Aug 2026
    Bowel cancer cases in under-50s at record high in Scotland

    bbc.comCancer

  2. 28 Jul 2026
    GP walk-in clinics see low attendance rates, new figures show

    bbc.comGP access

  3. 25 Feb 2026
    Will walk-in GP clinics deliver one million extra appointments?

    BBC News ScotlandGP access

  4. 8 Jan 2026
    Delayed discharges costing NHS Scotland £440m a year, report says

    BBCHospital discharge / bed-blocking

  5. 25 Nov 2025
    NHS Scotland waiting times: How does your health board compare?

    BBCNHS waiting lists

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.