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01  Journalist · Care Appointments · Adult social care & reform

Rhiannon James: no photograph is held, so their initials are shown instead.
Journalist

Rhiannon James

Care Appointments and 7 other titles

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Also cited

Bylines read on 7 topics since 9 Jan 2026 · latest 2 Nov 2026

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  • Care Appointments
  • shropshirestar.com
  • aol.co.uk
  • expressandstar.com

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

Rhiannon James: key facts

Main title
Care Appointments
Press coverage
Also citedby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
2 Nov 2026
First read
9 Jan 2026

03  Beat

What Rhiannon James covers

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

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

Assisted dying

  • assisted dying
  • assisted dying bill
  • assisted suicide
  • terminally ill adults bill
  • right to die
  • euthanasia

Also searched with “assisted dying” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Assisted dying

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

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

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

Mental health

  • mental health
  • mental health services
  • CAMHS
  • psychiatric
  • suicide prevention
  • mental health crisis
  • talking therapies
  • IAPT

Also searched with “mental health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Mental health

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

04  Who they quote

Who Rhiannon James calls

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

  1. Caroline AbrahamsSector leader
  2. Sarah WoolnoughThink tank
  3. Caroline JohnsonClinician

05  The record

Recent articles

  1. 2 Nov 2026
  2. 14 Oct 2026
  3. 14 Oct 2026
  4. 29 Sept 2026
  5. 29 Sept 2026
  6. 11 Sept 2026
  7. 9 Sept 2026
  8. 7 Sept 2026
  9. 29 Jul 2026
  10. 29 Jul 2026
  11. 3 Jul 2026
  12. 3 Jul 2026
  13. 17 Jun 2026
  14. 9 Jan 2026

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.