Jamie GriersonJournalist

Biography

Jamie Grierson is a senior news reporter for the Guardian. Twitter @JamieGrierson

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What they cover

• Hospital discharge / bed-blocking10
• Women's health & gynaecology3
• Mental health2
• Adult social care & reform2
• Cancer1
• NHS waiting lists1
• Elderly care & frailty1

Who they quote

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

• Dr Chris StreatherRegulator2 articles
• Dr Tom DolphinUnion2 articles
• Caroline AbrahamsSector leader1 article
• Jim MackeyRegulator1 article
• Henry GreggSector leader1 article
• Dr Jack FletcherUnion1 article
• Amir HassanClinician1 article
• Valerie AmosRegulator1 article
• Duncan BurtonRegulator1 article
• Angela McConvilleSector leader1 article
• Emily BarleySector leader1 article
• Insp Stuart KingSector leader1 article
• Sam AtwellSector leader1 article
• Mr Marius BermanClinician1 article
• Dr Becks FisherThink tank1 article
• Daniel ElkelesSector leader1 article
• Rebecca GraySector leader1 article
• Prof Meghana PanditRegulator1 article
• Dr Alison CaveRegulator1 article
• Ruth GossClinician1 article

Recent articles

1. Twenty women had breasts removed unnecessarily during NHS cancer care

   The Guardian·Cancer·19 Sept 2026

2. ADHD and autism costs in England ‘running out of control’, NHS leaders warn

   The Guardian·NHS waiting lists·28 Aug 2026

3. Bereaved mother says England maternity commissioner role would be ‘fundamentally dangerous’

   The Guardian·Hospital discharge / bed-blocking·30 Jun 2026

4. ‘Trauma trackers’ to monitor toll of job on police officers in England and Wales

   The Guardian·Mental health·7 May 2026

5. Head of NHS England ‘really worried’ about medicine supplies

   The Guardian·Hospital discharge / bed-blocking·31 Mar 2026

6. Keir Starmer gives resident doctors 48 hours to call off strike or lose training offer

   The Guardian·Hospital discharge / bed-blocking·31 Mar 2026

7. Sharp rise in young Britons saying ill health is reason they are jobless, study finds

   The Guardian·Mental health·15 Mar 2026

8. Flu patient numbers in English hospitals fall for second straight week

   The Guardian·Hospital discharge / bed-blocking·2 Jan 2026

9. Young care leavers in England to get free prescriptions, dental and eye services

   The Guardian·Adult social care & reform·23 Dec 2025

10. People pulling own teeth due to lack of urgent NHS dental care in England, watchdog finds

    The Guardian·Hospital discharge / bed-blocking·15 Dec 2025

11. Strikes could collapse flu-hit NHS amid worst crisis since Covid, says Streeting

    The Guardian·Hospital discharge / bed-blocking·12 Dec 2025

12. ‘We don’t have enough rooms to isolate’: NHS doctor reveals impact of rise in flu cases

    The Guardian·Elderly care & frailty·11 Dec 2025

13. Victims of NHS maternity failings in England ‘received unacceptable care’

    The Guardian·Hospital discharge / bed-blocking·9 Dec 2025

14. BMA chair denies using junior doctors’ strikes to progress political career

    The Guardian·Hospital discharge / bed-blocking·2 Dec 2025

15. Emma Barnett says she felt ‘mugged, robbed’ after perimenopause at 38

    The Guardian·Women's health & gynaecology·7 Nov 2025

16. Woman, 53, becomes UK’s longest survivor of heart and lung transplant

    The Guardian·Hospital discharge / bed-blocking·12 Oct 2025

17. NHS ‘online hospital’ plan announced to help cut waiting lists in England

    The Guardian·Hospital discharge / bed-blocking·30 Sept 2025

18. ‘She never got help’: mother says daughter who died on motorway was failed by care system

    The Guardian·Adult social care & reform·21 Sept 2025

19. Davina McCall to have brain surgery for ‘very rare’ benign tumour

    The Guardian·Women's health & gynaecology·15 Nov 2024

20. Approved weight-loss drug contributed to UK nurse’s death, report says

    The Guardian·Women's health & gynaecology·8 Nov 2024