Hansard to 13 November 2026 · 31,544 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All journalists01 Journalist · yorkshirepost.co.uk · Maternity & neonatal
Ralph Blackburn
yorkshirepost.co.uk and 2 other titles
Also covers health in national and regional press
Bars cover the last twelve months and show relative volume.
Bylines read on 11 topics since 16 Nov 2025 · latest 20 Oct 2026
- yorkshirepost.co.uk
- Yorkshire Post
- yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
This counts only pieces our coverage scan read on the topics Vital Signs tracks, not their full output.
02 Writes on · 11 of 29 topics
Ralph Blackburn: key facts
- Main title
- yorkshirepost.co.uk
- Covers
- Maternity & neonatal, Adult social care & reform, NHS & care workforce/staffingand 8 more
- Press coverage
- Regularly citedby our coverage scan, not their full output
- Most recently read
- 20 Oct 2026
- First read
- 16 Nov 2025
03 Beat
What Ralph Blackburn covers
- Maternity & neonatal
- Adult social care & reform
- NHS & care workforce/staffing
- Dentistry access
- Health inequalities
- A&E & ambulance response
- NHS waiting lists
- Cancer
- Public health & prevention
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)
How we found the articles by Ralph Blackburn we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 11 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
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
NHS & care workforce/staffing
- NHS workforce
- staff shortages
- nursing shortage
- nurse recruitment
- care workforce
- care worker pay
- social care workforce
- NHS long term workforce plan
Also searched with “NHS workforce” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for NHS & care workforce/staffing
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
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
NHS waiting lists
- NHS waiting list
- waiting list
- elective waiting times
- elective recovery
- elective backlog
- waiting list backlog
- referral to treatment
- RTT
Also searched with “NHS waiting list” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for NHS waiting lists
Cancer
- cancer
- cancer treatment
- cancer screening
- cancer waiting times
- oncology
- chemotherapy
- radiotherapy
- cancer diagnosis
Also searched with “cancer” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Cancer
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
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
Respiratory (asthma/COPD)
- asthma
- COPD
- respiratory disease
- lung cancer screening
- pulmonary
Also searched with “asthma” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Respiratory (asthma/COPD)
04 Who they quote
Who Ralph Blackburn calls
Voices credited in their pieces. A reporter who has called someone before is likely to call them again.
- Mike PadghamSector leader
- Dr Jack FletcherUnion
- Donna OckendenClinician
- Dr Stuart GriffithsSector leader
- Professor Fliss MurtaghAcademic
- Fiona GibbUnion
- Tristan TinnClinician
- Dr Tom DolphinUnion
- Gavin DaviesSector leader
- Andrew MooneySector leader
- Vivek TrivediClinician
- Dr Layla McCaySector leader
- Dr Magnus HarrisonAcademic
- Prof Meghana PanditRegulator
- Debapriya MondalAcademic
Showing the voices quoted most often; more are credited in their coverage.
05 The record
Recent articles
- 20 Oct 2026
- 8 Oct 2026
- 29 Sept 2026
- 29 Sept 2026
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- 20 Aug 2026
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- 6 Aug 2026
- 5 Aug 2026
- 2 Aug 2026
- 31 Jul 2026
- 30 Jul 2026
- 29 Jul 2026
- 28 Jul 2026
- 27 Jul 2026
- 22 Jul 2026
- 3 Jul 2026
- 2 Jul 2026Andy Burnham to push for faster social care reform
yorkshirepost.co.ukAdult social care & reform
Showing the 20 most recent of 60 pieces read.
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