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01  Journalist · edp24.co.uk · Care home closures & provider failure

Dan Grimmer: no photograph is held, so their initials are shown instead.
Journalist

Dan Grimmer

edp24.co.uk and 5 other titles

Articles read per month · health & social care
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Regularly cited

Bylines read on 12 topics since 26 Nov 2025 · latest 8 Nov 2026

Files to · bar length shows relative volume
  • edp24.co.uk
  • eveningnews24.co.uk
  • EDP24
  • Eastern Daily Press

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

Dan Grimmer: key facts

Main title
edp24.co.uk
Press coverage
Regularly citedby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
8 Nov 2026
First read
26 Nov 2025

03  Beat

What Dan Grimmer covers

How we found the articles by Dan Grimmer we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 12 topics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

04  Who they quote

Who Dan Grimmer calls

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

  1. Professor David MaguireAcademic
  2. Professor Lesley DwyerSector leader
  3. Judith SharpeSector leader
  4. Sarah JamesSector leader
  5. Kris HoltSector leader
  6. David VauzourAcademic
  7. Eddie CrouchUnion
  8. Derek WardAcademic
  9. Chris BownSector leader
  10. Dr Jack FletcherUnion
  11. Rebecca MartinClinician
  12. Prof Frankie SwordsRegulator
  13. Jane BrownSector leader
  14. Miriam MartinSector leader

05  The record

Recent articles

  1. 13 Nov 2026
  2. 8 Nov 2026
  3. 26 Oct 2026
  4. 24 Oct 2026
  5. 14 Oct 2026
  6. 13 Oct 2026
  7. 5 Oct 2026
  8. 23 Sept 2026
  9. 14 Sept 2026
  10. 29 Aug 2026
  11. 24 Aug 2026
  12. 14 Aug 2026
  13. 14 Aug 2026
  14. 12 Aug 2026
  15. 20 Jul 2026
  16. 9 Jul 2026
  17. 5 Jul 2026
  18. 16 Jun 2026
  19. 4 Jun 2026
  20. 2 Jun 2026

Showing the 20 most recent of 50 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.