Vital Signsby BridgeheadAll journalists

01  Journalist · heraldscotland.com · A&E & ambulance response

Katrine Bussey: no photograph is held, so their initials are shown instead.
Journalist

Katrine Bussey

heraldscotland.com and 7 other titles

Also covers health in national and regional press

Articles read per month · health & social care
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Also cited

Bylines read on 10 topics since 10 Dec 2025 · latest 12 Nov 2026

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  • heraldscotland.com
  • Herald Scotland
  • dailyrecord.co.uk
  • Care Appointments

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

Katrine Bussey: key facts

Main title
heraldscotland.com
Press coverage
Also citedby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
12 Nov 2026
First read
10 Dec 2025

03  Beat

What Katrine Bussey covers

How we found the articles by Katrine Bussey we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 10 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

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

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

Assisted dying

  • assisted dying
  • assisted dying bill
  • assisted suicide
  • terminally ill adults bill
  • right to die
  • euthanasia

Also searched with “assisted dying” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Assisted dying

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

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

Cancer

  • cancer
  • cancer treatment
  • cancer screening
  • cancer waiting times
  • oncology
  • chemotherapy
  • radiotherapy
  • cancer diagnosis

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

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

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

04  Who they quote

Who Katrine Bussey calls

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

  1. Mary Ross-DavieClinician
  2. Tracey McKigenAcademic
  3. Simon WatsonClinician
  4. Eddie DochertySector leader
  5. Laura Skaife-KnightSector leader
  6. Henry SimmonsSector leader
  7. Scott MuirClinician
  8. Professor David MorrisonClinician
  9. Sarah ChampagneSector leader
  10. Colin PoolmanSector leader
  11. Dr Aravinda GuntupalliAcademic
  12. David ThomasSector leader
  13. Professor Euan PhimisterAcademic

05  The record

Recent articles

  1. 12 Nov 2026
  2. 10 Nov 2026
  3. 6 Oct 2026
  4. 29 Sept 2026
  5. 21 Sept 2026
  6. 2 Sept 2026
  7. 30 Aug 2026
  8. 4 Jun 2026
  9. 4 Jun 2026
  10. 31 May 2026
  11. 18 May 2026
  12. 10 Mar 2026
  13. 24 Feb 2026
  14. 9 Feb 2026
  15. 15 Jan 2026
  16. 10 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.