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01  Journalist · Inverness Courier · GP access

Journalist

Scott Maclennan

Inverness Courier and 3 other titles

Articles read per month · health & social care
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Bylines read on 4 topics since 20 Nov 2025 · latest 2 Sept 2026

Files to · bar length shows relative volume
  • Inverness Courier
  • ross-shirejournal.co.uk
  • Northern Times
  • inverness-courier.co.uk

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

Scott Maclennan: key facts

Main title
Inverness Courier
Press coverage
Bylined in the pressby our coverage scan, not their full output
Most recently read
2 Sept 2026
First read
20 Nov 2025

03  Beat

What Scott Maclennan covers

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

GP access

  • GP access
  • general practice
  • GP appointments
  • primary care access
  • GP shortage

Also searched with “GP access” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for GP access

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

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

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

04  Who they quote

Who Scott Maclennan calls

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

  1. Jill MitchellSector leader
  2. Dr Chris ProvanClinician

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.