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Matthew Hill
bbc.com and 2 other titles
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Bylines read on 6 topics since 5 Dec 2025 · latest 24 Sept 2026
- bbc.com
- BBC
- BBC West Health Correspondent
This counts only pieces our coverage scan read on the topics Vital Signs tracks, not their full output.
02 Writes on · 6 of 29 topics
Matthew Hill: key facts
- Main title
- bbc.com
- Covers
- Maternity & neonatal, Medical ethics & regulation, NHS & care workforce/staffingand 3 more
- Press coverage
- Bylined in the pressby our coverage scan, not their full output
- Most recently read
- 24 Sept 2026
- First read
- 5 Dec 2025
03 Beat
What Matthew Hill covers
- Maternity & neonatal
- Medical ethics & regulation
- NHS & care workforce/staffing
- Mental health
- Palliative & end of life care
- Dentistry access
How we found the articles by Matthew Hill we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 6 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
Medical ethics & regulation
- medical ethics
- General Medical Council
- GMC
- fitness to practise
- patient consent
- Mental Capacity Act
- conscientious objection
- medical confidentiality
Also searched with “medical ethics” in each of 8 national papers. Every term for Medical ethics & regulation
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
Mental health
- mental health
- mental health services
- CAMHS
- psychiatric
- suicide prevention
- mental health crisis
- talking therapies
- IAPT
Also searched with “mental health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Mental health
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
Dentistry access
- NHS dentistry
- NHS dentist
- dental access
- dentist shortage
- dental desert
- dental contract
- dental charges
- dental check-up
Also searched with “NHS dentistry” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Dentistry access
04 Who they quote
Who Matthew Hill calls
Voices credited in their pieces. A reporter who has called someone before is likely to call them again.
- Melanie IlesClinician
- Professor Steve HamsClinician
- Michelle CoxClinician
- Dr Catherine LavellClinician
- Dr Guy NorthoverClinician
- Dr Peter HarrowingAcademic
- Farha MohamedSector leader
- Professor Deirdre FowlerClinician
- Amanda FordClinician
- Matt HoldawayClinician
- Sally BryantClinician
05 The record
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- 13 Feb 2026
- 5 Dec 2025Somerset NHS dentists open thousands of new patient spaces
BBC West Health CorrespondentDentistry access
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