Hansard to 13 November 2026 · 31,544 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All journalists01 Journalist · scotsman.com · NHS & care workforce/staffing
David Bol
scotsman.com and 1 other title
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Bylines read on 10 topics since 12 Dec 2025 · latest 12 Nov 2026
- scotsman.com
- The Scotsman
This counts only pieces our coverage scan read on the topics Vital Signs tracks, not their full output.
02 Writes on · 10 of 29 topics
David Bol: key facts
- Main title
- scotsman.com
- Covers
- NHS & care workforce/staffing, Adult social care & reform, A&E & ambulance responseand 7 more
- Press coverage
- Also citedby our coverage scan, not their full output
- Most recently read
- 12 Nov 2026
- First read
- 12 Dec 2025
03 Beat
What David Bol covers
- NHS & care workforce/staffing
- Adult social care & reform
- A&E & ambulance response
- Public health & prevention
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- GP access
- NHS waiting lists
- Children's health
- Palliative & end of life care
- Assisted dying
How we found the articles by David Bol we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 10 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
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
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
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
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
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
NHS waiting lists
- NHS waiting list
- waiting list
- elective waiting times
- elective recovery
- elective backlog
- waiting list backlog
- referral to treatment
- RTT
Also searched with “NHS waiting list” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for NHS waiting lists
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
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
Assisted dying
- assisted dying
- assisted dying bill
- assisted suicide
- terminally ill adults bill
- right to die
- euthanasia
Also searched with “assisted dying” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Assisted dying
04 Who they quote
Who David Bol calls
Voices credited in their pieces. A reporter who has called someone before is likely to call them again.
- Donald MacaskillSector leader
- João SousaAcademic
- Mairi SpowageAcademic
- Dr Iain KennedyAcademic
- Adam OspreySector leader
- Prof Meghana PanditRegulator
- Kim MarshClinician
- Eileen McKennaSector leader
- Chris LittlejohnClinician
- Dr Chris ProvanClinician
- Dr Iain MorrisonClinician
- Dr Chris SmithClinician
- Clara ReidAcademic
- Alastair MacGilchristAcademic
- Prof Mark StrachanClinician
Showing the voices quoted most often; more are credited in their coverage.
05 The record
Recent articles
- 12 Nov 2026
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- 13 Jul 2026
- 12 Jul 2026
- 5 Jul 2026
- 19 Mar 2026
- 19 Mar 2026
- 27 Feb 2026
- 26 Feb 2026
- 20 Feb 2026
- 17 Feb 2026
- 14 Feb 2026
- 11 Feb 2026
Showing the 20 most recent of 21 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.