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01  Journalist · Care Appointments · A&E & ambulance response

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Journalist

Ian Jones

Care Appointments and 7 other titles

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Bylines read on 6 topics since 4 Dec 2025 · latest 12 Nov 2026

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  • Care Appointments
  • shropshirestar.com
  • expressandstar.com
  • Press Association

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

Ian Jones: key facts

Main title
Care Appointments
Press coverage
Bylined in the pressby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
12 Nov 2026
First read
4 Dec 2025

03  Beat

What Ian Jones covers

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

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 & 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

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

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

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

04  Who they quote

Who Ian Jones calls

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

  1. Dr Vicky PriceClinician
  2. Prof Meghana PanditRegulator
  3. Sarah WoolnoughThink tank
  4. Prof Nicola RangerUnion
  5. Sonya TrivedySector leader
  6. Marjorie WallaceSector leader
  7. Duncan BurtonRegulator
  8. Tim GardnerThink tank
  9. Jim MackeyRegulator
  10. Prof Julian RedheadClinician
  11. Frank SmithClinician
  12. Rory DeightonSector leader
  13. Dr Jamie Lopez BernalRegulator
  14. Prof Frankie SwordsRegulator
  15. Sarah ScobieThink tank

Showing the voices quoted most often; more are credited in their coverage.

05  The record

Recent articles

  1. 12 Nov 2026
  2. 13 Oct 2026
  3. 11 Sept 2026
  4. 10 Sept 2026
  5. 6 Aug 2026
  6. 12 Jun 2026
  7. 26 Feb 2026
  8. 12 Feb 2026
  9. 29 Jan 2026
  10. 22 Jan 2026
  11. 8 Jan 2026
  12. 18 Dec 2025
  13. 4 Dec 2025

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.