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01  Journalist · The Pharmaceutical Journal · Diabetes

Journalist

Joanna Robertson

The Pharmaceutical Journal

Articles read per month · health & social care
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Bylines read on 6 topics since 21 Nov 2025 · latest 1 Oct 2026

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  • The Pharmaceutical Journal

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

Joanna Robertson: key facts

Title
The Pharmaceutical Journal
Press coverage
Bylined in the pressby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
1 Oct 2026
First read
21 Nov 2025

03  Beat

What Joanna Robertson covers

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

Diabetes

  • diabetes
  • type 1 diabetes
  • type 2 diabetes
  • insulin
  • diabetic
  • diabetes prevention

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

Heart disease & stroke

  • heart disease
  • cardiovascular
  • stroke
  • cardiac
  • heart attack
  • stroke rehabilitation

Also searched with “heart disease” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Heart disease & stroke

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

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

Respiratory (asthma/COPD)

  • asthma
  • COPD
  • respiratory disease
  • lung cancer screening
  • pulmonary

Also searched with “asthma” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Respiratory (asthma/COPD)

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

04  Who they quote

Who Joanna Robertson calls

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

  1. Helen O'NeilClinician
  2. Maurice HickeySector leader
  3. Daniel HawcuttClinician
  4. Philip Newland-JonesClinician
  5. Lisa RuddleAcademic
  6. Dr Amanda DoyleRegulator
  7. Gareth JonesSector leader
  8. Lucy CommonClinician
  9. Darush Attar-ZadehClinician
  10. Martin SawerSector leader
  11. Munir PirmohamedAcademic
  12. Andrew DaviesAcademic
  13. Michal SladkowskiSector leader
  14. Heidi WrightAcademic
  15. Amandeep DollClinician

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

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.