Vital Signsby BridgeheadAll journalists

01  Journalist · bbc.com · Maternity & neonatal

Michael Buchanan, portrait

Photo: LinkedIn

Journalist

Michael Buchanan

bbc.com and 1 other title

Articles read per month · health & social care
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Bylines read on 2 topics since 9 Dec 2025 · latest 8 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.

Michael Buchanan: key facts

Main title
bbc.com
Press coverage
Bylined in the pressby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
8 Oct 2026
First read
9 Dec 2025

03  Beat

What Michael Buchanan covers

How we found the articles by Michael Buchanan we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 2 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

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

04  Who they quote

Who Michael Buchanan calls

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

  1. Donna OckendenClinician
  2. Tasha SimmonsClinician
  3. Nicola WiseSector leader
  4. Dr Des HoldenAcademic
  5. Dr KirkupAcademic
  6. Dr Bill KirkupClinician
  7. Prof Katie UrchAcademic
  8. Dr Jack HawkinsSector leader
  9. Adrian WalshClinician
  10. Dr Kim ThomasSector leader

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.