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01  Journalist · scotsman.com · NHS & care workforce/staffing

Catriona Stewart: no photograph is held, so their initials are shown instead.
Journalist

Catriona Stewart

scotsman.com and 1 other title

Articles read per month · health & social care
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Bylines read on 8 topics since 10 Dec 2025 · latest 6 Nov 2026

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  • scotsman.com
  • The Scotsman

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

Catriona Stewart: key facts

Main title
scotsman.com
Press coverage
Bylined in the pressby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
6 Nov 2026
First read
10 Dec 2025

03  Beat

What Catriona Stewart covers

How we found the articles by Catriona Stewart we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 8 topics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

04  Who they quote

Who Catriona Stewart calls

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

  1. George HannahSector leader
  2. Fiona GrahamAcademic
  3. Abbey KingClinician
  4. Helen WaggottSector leader
  5. Silvia BehrensAcademic
  6. Barry SymeAcademic
  7. Dr Iain MorrisonClinician
  8. Sandesh GulhaneClinician
  9. Laura KerrSector leader
  10. Dr Chris WilliamsAcademic
  11. Anna GlasierRegulator
  12. Alan ThornburrowSector leader

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.