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01  Journalist · lancs.live · Care home closures & provider failure

Paul Faulkner: no photograph is held, so their initials are shown instead.
Journalist

Paul Faulkner

lancs.live and 9 other titles

Also covers health in national and regional press

Articles read per month · health & social care
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Regularly cited

Bylines read on 7 topics since 17 Nov 2025 · latest 27 Oct 2026

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  • lancs.live
  • lep.co.uk
  • lancasterguardian.co.uk
  • Lancashire Telegraph

This counts only pieces our coverage scan read on the topics Vital Signs tracks, not their full output.

Paul Faulkner: key facts

Main title
lancs.live
Press coverage
Regularly citedby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
27 Oct 2026
First read
17 Nov 2025

03  Beat

What Paul Faulkner covers

How we found the articles by Paul Faulkner we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 7 topics

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

Adult social care & reform

  • adult social care
  • social care reform
  • social care funding
  • Casey Commission
  • care cap
  • Dilnot
  • charging reform
  • Care Act

Also searched with “adult social care” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Adult social care & reform

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

Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

  • hospital discharge
  • delayed discharge
  • bed blocking
  • bed-blocking
  • discharge to assess
  • delayed transfers of care
  • discharge delays
  • step-down care

Also searched with “hospital discharge” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

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

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

Elderly care & frailty

  • elderly care
  • frailty
  • frail older
  • falls prevention
  • geriatric
  • older people's health
  • ageing population
  • age-friendly

Also searched with “elderly care” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Elderly care & frailty

04  Who they quote

Who Paul Faulkner calls

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

  1. Anna TelferClinician
  2. Andy CurranClinician
  3. Amy LepiorzSector leader
  4. Professor Jo KnightAcademic

05  The record

Recent articles

  1. 27 Oct 2026
  2. 25 Sept 2026
  3. 24 Sept 2026
  4. 29 Jul 2026
  5. 29 Jul 2026
  6. 28 Jul 2026
  7. 16 Jul 2026
  8. 15 Jul 2026
  9. 28 May 2026
  10. 27 May 2026
  11. 21 May 2026
  12. 20 May 2026
  13. 20 May 2026
  14. 18 May 2026
  15. 16 May 2026
  16. 25 Apr 2026
  17. 4 Mar 2026
  18. 8 Feb 2026
  19. 7 Feb 2026
  20. 7 Feb 2026

Showing the 20 most recent of 41 pieces read.

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.