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Mark BrownJournalist

The Guardian

Health & social care coverage read by Vital Signs

9 articles

Across 4 topics, first on 3 Sept 2025, most recently 20 Aug 2026.

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Biography

Mark Brown is the theatre critic of the Scottish national newspaper the Sunday Herald. He lectures in theatre studies at the University of Strathclyde

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Recent articles

  1. Frustrated GP patients hang up as Yorkshire accent baffles AI receptionist

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking20 Aug 2026

  2. Nobby Stiles died with brain condition caused by repeatedly heading a football, coroner rules

    The GuardianDementia15 Jul 2026

  3. Behind the facade of Jamie Varley, the ‘wicked, arrogant liar’ who abused and murdered his baby son

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform18 Jun 2026

  4. Call for UK gambling reform after ‘generous and caring’ woman takes her own life

    The GuardianMental health27 Apr 2026

  5. Ambulance delays during power cut possibly contributed to man’s death, coroner rules

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking20 Mar 2026

  6. Halifax care home manager sexually abused children for decades, court hears

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform19 Jan 2026

  7. Female nurses win employment case over NHS changing-room use by trans colleague

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking16 Jan 2026

  8. Reform council’s plan to shut eight care homes ‘a betrayal of local people’

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform23 Dec 2025

  9. Family of nurse found dead in river say she was failed by ‘systemic neglect’

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking3 Sept 2025

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