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01  Journalist · bbc.com · Maternity & neonatal

Jason Arunn Murugesu: no photograph is held, so their initials are shown instead.
Journalist

Jason Arunn Murugesu

bbc.com

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Bylines read on 4 topics since 16 Nov 2025 · latest 2 Nov 2026

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

Jason Arunn Murugesu: key facts

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bbc.com
Press coverage
Bylined in the pressby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
2 Nov 2026
First read
16 Nov 2025

03  Beat

What Jason Arunn Murugesu covers

How we found the articles by Jason Arunn Murugesu we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 4 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

Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

  • hospital discharge
  • delayed discharge
  • bed blocking
  • bed-blocking
  • discharge to assess
  • delayed transfers of care
  • discharge delays
  • step-down care

Also searched with “hospital discharge” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Children's health

  • children's health
  • paediatric
  • child health
  • children's hospital
  • infant mortality

Also searched with “children's health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Children's health

Dementia

  • dementia
  • dementia care
  • Alzheimer's
  • memory clinic
  • dementia diagnosis
  • dementia strategy

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

04  Who they quote

Who Jason Arunn Murugesu calls

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

  1. Carol ReidSector leader
  2. Ian BlackSector leader
  3. Professor Julia NewtonClinician

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.