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01  Journalist · getsurrey.co.uk · Mental health

Richard Ault: no photograph is held, so their initials are shown instead.
Journalist

Richard Ault

getsurrey.co.uk and 10 other titles

Articles read per month · health & social care
May 2026JuneJulyAugSeptOctNovto date

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Bylines read on 4 topics since 20 May 2026 · latest 27 Sept 2026

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  • getsurrey.co.uk
  • aol.co.uk
  • bristolpost.co.uk
  • cornwalllive.com

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

02  Writes on · 4 of 29 topics

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Richard Ault: key facts

Main title
getsurrey.co.uk
Covers
Mental health, A&E & ambulance response, Public health & preventionand 1 more
Press coverage
Bylined in the pressby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
27 Sept 2026
First read
20 May 2026

03  Beat

What Richard Ault covers

How we found the articles by Richard Ault we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 4 topics

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

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

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

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

04  Who they quote

Who Richard Ault calls

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

  1. Gemma ByrneSector leader
  2. Siva AnandacivaThink tank
  3. Dr Vanessa SalibaRegulator

05  The record

Recent articles

  1. 27 Sept 2026
    Measles map shows England cases pass 1,000

    devonlive.comPublic health & prevention

  2. 13 Sept 2026
    Kent’s mental health crisis exposed as map shows depression rates in your area

    Kent LiveMental health

  3. 13 Sept 2026
    The Surrey areas with some of the South East's lowest rates of depression

    getsurrey.co.ukMental health

  4. 6 Sept 2026
    England's most depressed places mapped as two Yorkshire areas among worst

    examinerlive.co.ukMental health

  5. 6 Sept 2026
    New map shows Londoners are least likely to have depression - Every area ranked

    mylondon.newsMental health

  6. 4 Sept 2026
    The Lancashire neighbourhood where almost three in 10 people have depression

    lancs.liveMental health

  7. 4 Sept 2026
    MAPPED: England's most depressed towns revealed as map exposes mental health crisis - AOL

    aol.co.ukMental health

  8. 15 Jun 2026
    Dozens of patients being treated in corridors in Cornwall hospitals

    cornwalllive.comA&E & ambulance response

  9. 13 Jun 2026
    The number of NHS patients treated in Surrey hospitals every single day

    getsurrey.co.ukA&E & ambulance response

  10. 12 Jun 2026
    Hundreds of patients treated in Nottingham hospital corridors in just one month

    nottinghampost.comA&E & ambulance response

  11. 11 Jun 2026
    Nearly 3,000 patients treated in corridors every day - see figures where you are

    manchestereveningnews.co.ukA&E & ambulance response

  12. 20 May 2026
    See how the NHS is doing where you live for waiting lists

    bristolpost.co.ukNHS waiting lists

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.