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01  Journalist · chroniclelive.co.uk · Adult social care & reform

Austen Shakespeare: no photograph is held, so their initials are shown instead.
Journalist

Austen Shakespeare

chroniclelive.co.uk and 3 other titles

Articles read per month · health & social care
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Also cited

Bylines read on 9 topics since 4 Dec 2025 · latest 4 Nov 2026

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  • chroniclelive.co.uk
  • Chronicle Live
  • Local Democracy Reporting Service
  • bbc.com

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

Austen Shakespeare: key facts

Main title
chroniclelive.co.uk
Press coverage
Also citedby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
4 Nov 2026
First read
4 Dec 2025

03  Beat

What Austen Shakespeare covers

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

Adult social care & reform

  • adult social care
  • social care reform
  • social care funding
  • Casey Commission
  • care cap
  • Dilnot
  • charging reform
  • Care Act

Also searched with “adult social care” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Adult social care & reform

Elderly care & frailty

  • elderly care
  • frailty
  • frail older
  • falls prevention
  • geriatric
  • older people's health
  • ageing population
  • age-friendly

Also searched with “elderly care” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Elderly care & frailty

Learning disability & autism

  • learning disability
  • autism
  • autistic
  • SEND
  • EHCP
  • special educational needs
  • ADHD
  • Down's syndrome

Also searched with “learning disability” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Learning disability & autism

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

Public health & prevention

  • public health
  • preventative healthcare
  • prevention agenda
  • health prevention
  • obesity strategy
  • childhood obesity
  • smoking cessation
  • smoke-free

Also searched with “public health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Public health & prevention

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

Dentistry access

  • NHS dentistry
  • NHS dentist
  • dental access
  • dentist shortage
  • dental desert
  • dental contract
  • dental charges
  • dental check-up

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

Unpaid carers

  • unpaid carers
  • carer's allowance
  • carers allowance
  • carer's leave
  • carer's credit
  • Carers UK
  • Carers Trust
  • young carers

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

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

04  Who they quote

Who Austen Shakespeare calls

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

  1. Beth SwansonClinician
  2. Kate HaddowClinician
  3. Louise GraySector leader

05  The record

Recent articles

  1. 4 Nov 2026
  2. 18 Oct 2026
  3. 13 Aug 2026
  4. 28 Jul 2026
  5. 29 Jun 2026
  6. 28 Jun 2026
  7. 8 Jun 2026
  8. 16 May 2026
  9. 16 May 2026
  10. 24 Apr 2026
  11. 24 Apr 2026
  12. 24 Apr 2026
  13. 20 Feb 2026
  14. 23 Jan 2026
  15. 12 Dec 2025
  16. 4 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.