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01  Journalist · bbc.com · A&E & ambulance response

Patrick Barlow, portrait

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Journalist

Patrick Barlow

bbc.com and 1 other title

Articles read per month · health & social care
Dec 2025Jan 2026FebMarAprMayJuneJulyAugSeptOctNovto date

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Also cited

Bylines read on 10 topics since 7 Dec 2025 · latest 30 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.

Patrick Barlow: key facts

Main title
bbc.com
Press coverage
Also citedby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
30 Oct 2026
First read
7 Dec 2025

03  Beat

What Patrick Barlow covers

How we found the articles by Patrick Barlow we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 10 topics

A&E & ambulance response

  • A&E waiting times
  • A&E department
  • accident and emergency
  • ambulance response times
  • ambulance handover
  • ambulance waiting
  • ambulance service
  • emergency department

Also searched with “A&E waiting times” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for A&E & ambulance response

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

Heart disease & stroke

  • heart disease
  • cardiovascular
  • stroke
  • cardiac
  • heart attack
  • stroke rehabilitation

Also searched with “heart disease” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Heart disease & stroke

Learning disability & autism

  • learning disability
  • autism
  • autistic
  • SEND
  • EHCP
  • special educational needs
  • ADHD
  • Down's syndrome

Also searched with “learning disability” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Learning disability & autism

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

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

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

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

Dementia

  • dementia
  • dementia care
  • Alzheimer's
  • memory clinic
  • dementia diagnosis
  • dementia strategy

Also searched with “dementia” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Dementia

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

04  Who they quote

Who Patrick Barlow calls

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

  1. Louise HayesSector leader
  2. Kate LangfordClinician
  3. Simon ClarkeClinician
  4. Andrew RhodesAcademic
  5. Michael GallagherClinician
  6. Chinyama OkunugaSector leader

05  The record

Recent articles

  1. 30 Oct 2026
  2. 30 Oct 2026
  3. 26 Oct 2026
  4. 20 Oct 2026
  5. 16 Oct 2026
  6. 8 Jul 2026
  7. 6 Jul 2026
  8. 18 Jun 2026
  9. 12 Jun 2026
  10. 25 May 2026
  11. 24 May 2026
  12. 4 May 2026
  13. 2 Apr 2026
  14. 16 Mar 2026
  15. 7 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.