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01  Journalist · bbc.com · Maternity & neonatal

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Journalist

Lisa Summers

bbc.com and 1 other title

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Bylines read on 7 topics since 27 Nov 2025 · latest 28 Oct 2026

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  • bbc.com
  • BBC

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

02  Writes on · 7 of 29 topics

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Lisa Summers: key facts

Main title
bbc.com
Covers
Maternity & neonatal, Hospital discharge / bed-blocking, Health inequalitiesand 4 more
Press coverage
Bylined in the pressby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
28 Oct 2026
First read
27 Nov 2025

03  Beat

What Lisa Summers covers

How we found the articles by Lisa Summers we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 7 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

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

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

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

Care home closures & provider failure

  • care home closure
  • provider failure
  • residential care closure
  • care home insolvency
  • care home fees
  • care home places
  • care market
  • market sustainability

Also searched with “care home closure” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Care home closures & provider failure

04  Who they quote

Who Lisa Summers calls

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

  1. Claire ColliganSector leader
  2. Prof Mark StrachanClinician
  3. Prof Christine McCourtAcademic
  4. Gillian ChinClinician
  5. Dr Chris WilliamsAcademic
  6. Colin PoolmanSector leader
  7. Lisa FarrellSector leader
  8. Cristina TealdiAcademic
  9. Dr Stephen WardleAcademic
  10. Professor James BoardmanClinician
  11. Dr Fiona HunterClinician
  12. Kenny SteeleSector leader
  13. Stephen BoyleSector leader
  14. Prof Graham MackayClinician
  15. Dr Kevin BurtonAcademic

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

05  The record

Recent articles

  1. 28 Oct 2026
    NHS Western Isles prescribing weight loss drugs at triple the rate of other health boards

    bbc.comHealth inequalities

  2. 14 Oct 2026
    Fewer than 800 Scots have received weight loss jabs on NHS, BBC finds

    bbc.comPublic health & prevention

  3. 8 Oct 2026
    Head of maternity review says 'We will listen to parents'

    bbc.comMaternity & neonatal

  4. 28 Sept 2026
    Stroke patient, 80, could be placed in care 100 miles from home - BBC News

    BBCHospital discharge / bed-blocking

  5. 17 Sept 2026
    Delay to neonatal reform is putting babies at risk, warn doctors

    BBCMaternity & neonatal

  6. 20 Aug 2026
    'It's a bit odd at first': The robot helping with NHS health checks

    bbc.comGP access

  7. 8 Apr 2026
    Families fear for future of respite centre for disabled children

    bbc.comChildren's health

  8. 10 Feb 2026
    Care home closure meant my brother had to move away to die

    BBCCare home closures & provider failure

  9. 8 Jan 2026
    Delayed discharges costing NHS Scotland £440m a year, report says

    BBCHospital discharge / bed-blocking

  10. 27 Nov 2025
    Pregnant mothers waiting 62 hours to be induced at Forth Valley

    bbc.comMaternity & neonatal

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.