Hansard to 13 November 2026 · 31,544 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All journalists01 Journalist · newsandstar.co.uk · NHS & care workforce/staffing

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Gareth Cavanagh
newsandstar.co.uk and 3 other titles
Bars cover the last twelve months and show relative volume.
Bylines read on 10 topics since 26 Nov 2025 · latest 3 Nov 2026
- newsandstar.co.uk
- thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
- News and Star
- in-cumbria.com
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
Gareth Cavanagh: key facts
- Main title
- newsandstar.co.uk
- Covers
- NHS & care workforce/staffing, Mental health, Health inequalitiesand 7 more
- Press coverage
- Also citedby our coverage scan, not their full output
- Most recently read
- 3 Nov 2026
- First read
- 26 Nov 2025
03 Beat
What Gareth Cavanagh covers
- NHS & care workforce/staffing
- Mental health
- Health inequalities
- A&E & ambulance response
- NHS waiting lists
- GP access
- Women's health & gynaecology
- Palliative & end of life care
- Adult social care & reform
- Dentistry access
How we found the articles by Gareth Cavanagh 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
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
Health inequalities
- health inequalities
- health disparities
- health inequality
- deprivation and health
- healthy life expectancy
- life expectancy gap
- levelling up health
- social determinants of health
Also searched with “health inequalities” in each of 8 national papers. Every term for Health inequalities
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
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
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
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
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
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
04 Who they quote
Who Gareth Cavanagh calls
Voices credited in their pieces. A reporter who has called someone before is likely to call them again.
- Adrian ClementsClinician
- Trudie DaviesSector leader
- Professor Judith RankinAcademic
- Joy DuxburyClinician
- Rajesh NadkarniClinician
- Ellen WelchClinician
- Rebecca SpencerAcademic
- Kerry MansonSector leader
- Dr Gill FindleyClinician
- Dr Neil O'BrienAcademic
- Lisa LoweClinician
- Sarah GlackenClinician
05 The record
Recent articles
- 3 Nov 2026Funding pressures threaten vital mental health and wellbeing services, charity warns
thewestmorlandgazette.co.ukMental health
- 23 Oct 2026
- 19 Oct 2026
- 8 Oct 2026
- 2 Oct 2026Behaviour improving at NHS trust as fewer concerns escalated to top bosses
thewestmorlandgazette.co.ukNHS & care workforce/staffing
- 17 Sept 2026
- 17 Sept 2026'Excited and privileged' - NHS trust announces appointment of new Chief Nurse
thewestmorlandgazette.co.ukNHS & care workforce/staffing
- 2 Sept 2026
- 14 Aug 2026
- 10 Aug 2026
- 9 Aug 2026
- 7 Aug 2026
- 31 Jul 2026
- 28 Jul 2026
- 16 Jul 2026
- 12 Jun 2026
- 11 Jun 2026
- 30 Mar 2026
- 13 Feb 2026
- 29 Jan 2026
Showing the 20 most recent of 24 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.