Hansard to 13 November 2026 · 31,544 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All journalists01 Journalist · bbc.com · Maternity & neonatal
Asha Patel
bbc.com and 2 other titles
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Bylines read on 8 topics since 1 Dec 2025 · latest 6 Nov 2026
- bbc.com
- BBC
- East Midlands
This counts only pieces our coverage scan read on the topics Vital Signs tracks, not their full output.
02 Writes on · 8 of 29 topics
Asha Patel: key facts
- Main title
- bbc.com
- Covers
- Maternity & neonatal, A&E & ambulance response, Heart disease & strokeand 5 more
- Press coverage
- Also citedby our coverage scan, not their full output
- Most recently read
- 6 Nov 2026
- First read
- 1 Dec 2025
03 Beat
What Asha Patel covers
- Maternity & neonatal
- A&E & ambulance response
- Heart disease & stroke
- Palliative & end of life care
- Cancer
- Mental health
- Care home closures & provider failure
- Dementia
How we found the articles by Asha Patel we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 8 topics
Maternity & neonatal
- maternity
- maternity services
- maternity care
- neonatal
- stillbirth
- maternal mortality
- midwifery
- midwife
Also searched with “maternity” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Maternity & neonatal
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
Heart disease & stroke
- heart disease
- cardiovascular
- stroke
- cardiac
- heart attack
- stroke rehabilitation
Also searched with “heart disease” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Heart disease & stroke
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
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
Mental health
- mental health
- mental health services
- CAMHS
- psychiatric
- suicide prevention
- mental health crisis
- talking therapies
- IAPT
Also searched with “mental health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Mental health
Care home closures & provider failure
- care home closure
- provider failure
- residential care closure
- care home insolvency
- care home fees
- care home places
- care market
- market sustainability
Also searched with “care home closure” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Care home closures & provider failure
Dementia
- dementia
- dementia care
- Alzheimer's
- memory clinic
- dementia diagnosis
- dementia strategy
Also searched with “dementia” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Dementia
04 Who they quote
Who Asha Patel calls
Voices credited in their pieces. A reporter who has called someone before is likely to call them again.
- Donna OckendenClinician
- Nita MandharClinician
- Shane GreenClinician
- Anthony MayRegulator
- Tracy PilcherClinician
- Dr Omar ManzarAcademic
- Dr Faizal SeedatClinician
- Laurinda BowerAcademic
- Dr Manjeet ShehmarClinician
- Busayo AjewoleClinician
05 The record
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