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

Phil Corrigan: no photograph is held, so their initials are shown instead.
Journalist

Phil Corrigan

bbc.com and 3 other titles

Articles read per month · health & social care
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Bylines read on 5 topics since 5 Mar 2026 · latest 5 Nov 2026

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  • bbc.com
  • expressandstar.com
  • BBC
  • The Sentinel

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

02  Writes on · 5 of 29 topics

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Phil Corrigan: key facts

Main title
bbc.com
Covers
A&E & ambulance response, Maternity & neonatal, Dementiaand 2 more
Press coverage
Bylined in the pressby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
5 Nov 2026
First read
5 Mar 2026

03  Beat

What Phil Corrigan covers

How we found the articles by Phil Corrigan we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 5 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

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

Children's health

  • children's health
  • paediatric
  • child health
  • children's hospital
  • infant mortality

Also searched with “children's health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Children's health

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 Phil Corrigan calls

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

  1. Stephen GuntherSector leader
  2. Simon WhitehouseSector leader
  3. Vanessa WhatleyClinician
  4. Dr Diane AdamsonAcademic

05  The record

Recent articles

  1. 5 Nov 2026
    Staffordshire NHS bosses quizzed over winter plan for 45,000 extra GP appointments

    expressandstar.comA&E & ambulance response

  2. 28 Sept 2026
    NHS bosses approve closure of Staffordshire birthing units suspended since Covid

    expressandstar.comMaternity & neonatal

  3. 15 Sept 2026
    Heatwave linked to increased Royal Stoke ambulance handover delays

    The SentinelA&E & ambulance response

  4. 21 May 2026
    New Stoke-on-Trent mayor pledges to support dementia services

    bbc.comDementia

  5. 19 May 2026
    Concerns over Stoke-on-Trent's infant mortality rate

    bbc.comChildren's health

  6. 5 Mar 2026
    Access to dentists improving, health chiefs say

    BBCDentistry access

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.