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01  Journalist · Doctors.net.uk · Medical ethics & regulation

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Journalist

Erin Dean

Doctors.net.uk

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Bylines read on 3 topics since 1 Dec 2025 · latest 22 Jul 2026

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  • Doctors.net.uk

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

02  Writes on · 3 of 29 topics

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Erin Dean: key facts

Title
Doctors.net.uk
Covers
Medical ethics & regulation, NHS & care workforce/staffing, GP access
Press coverage
Bylined in the pressby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
22 Jul 2026
First read
1 Dec 2025

03  Beat

What Erin Dean covers

How we found the articles by Erin Dean we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 3 topics

Medical ethics & regulation

  • medical ethics
  • General Medical Council
  • GMC
  • fitness to practise
  • patient consent
  • Mental Capacity Act
  • conscientious objection
  • medical confidentiality

Also searched with “medical ethics” in each of 8 national papers. Every term for Medical ethics & regulation

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

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

04  The record

Recent articles

  1. 22 Jul 2026
    Staff shortages continue to impact doctor training, survey shows

    Doctors.net.ukNHS & care workforce/staffing

  2. 16 Jul 2026
    Government to reconsult on GMC’s right to appeal tribunal decisions

    Doctors.net.ukMedical ethics & regulation

  3. 13 Jul 2026
    The Medical Act overhaul: what's changing and what it means for you

    Doctors.net.ukMedical ethics & regulation

  4. 25 May 2026
    GMC scraps exams for international doctors at four sites as demand falls

    Doctors.net.ukMedical ethics & regulation

  5. 7 May 2026
    Planned new target on GP access will not improve access to care, doctors’ leaders warn

    Doctors.net.ukGP access

  6. 1 Dec 2025
    Post Brexit GMC wants better EU data to stop doctors banned abroad working in the UK

    Doctors.net.ukMedical ethics & regulation

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.