Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All journalists01 Journalist · bbc.com · Maternity & neonatal

Photo: LinkedIn
Michael Buchanan
bbc.com and 1 other title
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Bylines read on 2 topics since 9 Dec 2025 · latest 8 Oct 2026
- bbc.com
- BBC
This counts only pieces our coverage scan read on the topics Vital Signs tracks, not their full output.
02 Writes on · 2 of 29 topics
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.
- Donna OckendenClinician
- Tasha SimmonsClinician
- Nicola WiseSector leader
- Dr Des HoldenAcademic
- Dr KirkupAcademic
- Dr Bill KirkupClinician
- Prof Katie UrchAcademic
- Dr Jack HawkinsSector leader
- Adrian WalshClinician
- Dr Kim ThomasSector leader
05 The record
Recent articles
- 8 Oct 2026
- 30 Sept 2026
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- 4 Jul 2026
- 1 Jul 2026
- 29 Jun 2026
- 24 Jun 2026
- 5 Jun 2026
- 9 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.