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01  Journalist · bbc.com · Maternity & neonatal

Ellen Knight: no photograph is held, so their initials are shown instead.
Journalist

Ellen Knight

bbc.com and 1 other title

Articles read per month · health & social care
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Bylines read on 6 topics since 4 Dec 2025 · latest 30 Oct 2026

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  • bbc.com
  • BBC

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

02  Writes on · 6 of 29 topics

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Ellen Knight: key facts

Main title
bbc.com
Covers
Maternity & neonatal, Respiratory (asthma/COPD), Dentistry accessand 3 more
Press coverage
Bylined in the pressby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
30 Oct 2026
First read
4 Dec 2025

03  Beat

What Ellen Knight covers

How we found the articles by Ellen Knight we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 6 topics

Maternity & neonatal

  • maternity
  • maternity services
  • maternity care
  • neonatal
  • stillbirth
  • maternal mortality
  • midwifery
  • midwife

Also searched with “maternity” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Maternity & neonatal

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)

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

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

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

Women's health & gynaecology

  • women's health
  • gynaecology
  • endometriosis
  • menopause
  • HRT
  • cervical screening
  • women's health strategy
  • women's health hub

Also searched with “women's health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Women's health & gynaecology

04  Who they quote

Who Ellen Knight calls

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

  1. Shabnam GurungAcademic
  2. Nikitha Miriam RajClinician
  3. Meg MooreClinician
  4. Saurav ChakravarttyClinician
  5. Heidi Van DuivenboodenSector leader
  6. Richmond BempahAcademic
  7. Jon Lacy-ColsonClinician
  8. Dr Mark RosenthalClinician
  9. Dr Charlotte RandallClinician
  10. Vanessa WhatleyClinician
  11. Dr Divya KathikeyanAcademic
  12. Dr Roger MalcolmsonClinician

05  The record

Recent articles

  1. 30 Oct 2026
    Edgmond girl raises money for NHS after loss of twin sisters

    bbc.comMaternity & neonatal

  2. 10 Sept 2026
    Telford schoolboy died after 'acute' asthma attack - coroner

    BBCRespiratory (asthma/COPD)

  3. 9 Sept 2026
    Telford schoolboy died after 'acute' asthma attack - coroner

    BBCRespiratory (asthma/COPD)

  4. 15 Apr 2026
    Shrewsbury wheelchair user calls for better access to NHS dentists

    bbc.comDentistry access

  5. 19 Mar 2026
    Telford dental surgery reports patients 'giving up' on NHS places

    bbc.comDentistry access

  6. 7 Mar 2026
    How is Telford community diagnostic centre helping NHS?

    bbc.comNHS waiting lists

  7. 6 Mar 2026
    Shropshire maternity care 'very different', trust chairman says

    bbc.comMaternity & neonatal

  8. 27 Feb 2026
    Shrewsbury hydrotherapy pool 'needs to exist', patient says

    bbc.comAdult social care & reform

  9. 9 Feb 2026
    Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust's surgery wait times fall

    bbc.comNHS waiting lists

  10. 4 Dec 2025
    Oswestry teenager founds polycystic ovary syndrome support group

    BBCWomen's health & gynaecology

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.