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Ben Hurst
mirror.co.uk and 18 other titles
Also covers health in national and regional press
Bars cover the last twelve months and show relative volume.
Bylines read on 14 topics since 22 Dec 2025 · latest 9 Nov 2026
- mirror.co.uk
- dailyrecord.co.uk
- getsurrey.co.uk
- aol.co.uk
This counts only pieces our coverage scan read on the topics Vital Signs tracks, not their full output.
02 Writes on · 14 of 29 topics
Ben Hurst: key facts
- Main title
- mirror.co.uk
- Covers
- Dementia, Public health & prevention, Heart disease & strokeand 11 more
- Press coverage
- Regularly citedby our coverage scan, not their full output
- Most recently read
- 9 Nov 2026
- First read
- 22 Dec 2025
03 Beat
What Ben Hurst covers
- Dementia
- Public health & prevention
- Heart disease & stroke
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)
- Diabetes
- Dentistry access
- Learning disability & autism
- Elderly care & frailty
- NHS & care workforce/staffing
- Children's health
- Unpaid carers
- Palliative & end of life care
- Adult social care & reform
- Health inequalities
How we found the articles by Ben Hurst we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 14 topics
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
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
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
Respiratory (asthma/COPD)
- asthma
- COPD
- respiratory disease
- lung cancer screening
- pulmonary
Also searched with “asthma” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Respiratory (asthma/COPD)
Diabetes
- diabetes
- type 1 diabetes
- type 2 diabetes
- insulin
- diabetic
- diabetes prevention
Also searched with “diabetes” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Diabetes
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
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
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
NHS & care workforce/staffing
- NHS workforce
- staff shortages
- nursing shortage
- nurse recruitment
- care workforce
- care worker pay
- social care workforce
- NHS long term workforce plan
Also searched with “NHS workforce” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for NHS & care workforce/staffing
Children's health
- children's health
- paediatric
- child health
- children's hospital
- infant mortality
Also searched with “children's health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Children's health
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
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
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
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 Ben Hurst calls
Voices credited in their pieces. A reporter who has called someone before is likely to call them again.
- Oscar DukeClinician
- Catherine SinnamonClinician
- Heather BarryClinician
- Sophia ZoungasAcademic
- Tummas TernhamarClinician
- Isabel GoncalvesAcademic
- Dr Punam KrishanClinician
- Dr Johannes UysClinician
- Nguyen Minh Tuan VietAcademic
- Dr Iain MorrisonClinician
- Marco VincetiAcademic
- Regina GiblinClinician
- Paul WheltonAcademic
- Esther RobinsonAcademic
- Caroline McElnayClinician
Showing the voices quoted most often; more are credited in their coverage.
05 The record
Recent articles
- 9 Nov 2026
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- 9 Oct 2026
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- 6 Oct 2026
- 6 Oct 2026
Showing the 20 most recent of 85 pieces read.
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.