Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All journalists01 Journalist · bbc.com · Palliative & end of life care
Shannen Headley
bbc.com and 2 other titles
Bars cover the last twelve months and show relative volume.
Bylines read on 8 topics since 2 Dec 2025 · latest 8 Nov 2026
- bbc.com
- BBC
- BBC News
This counts only pieces our coverage scan read on the topics Vital Signs tracks, not their full output.
02 Writes on · 8 of 29 topics
Shannen Headley: key facts
- Main title
- bbc.com
- Covers
- Palliative & end of life care, Cancer, Mental healthand 5 more
- Press coverage
- Also citedby our coverage scan, not their full output
- Most recently read
- 8 Nov 2026
- First read
- 2 Dec 2025
03 Beat
What Shannen Headley covers
- Palliative & end of life care
- Cancer
- Mental health
- Health inequalities
- Rare diseases
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)
- Learning disability & autism
- Care home closures & provider failure
How we found the articles by Shannen Headley we read: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 8 topics
Palliative & end of life care
- palliative care
- end of life care
- hospice
- terminal illness
Also searched with “palliative care” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Palliative & end of life care
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
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
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
Rare diseases
- rare disease
- rare conditions
- orphan drugs
- genetic disorder
- cystic fibrosis
- motor neurone disease
- muscular dystrophy
- Huntington
Also searched with “rare disease” in each of 8 national papers. Every term for Rare diseases
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)
Learning disability & autism
- learning disability
- autism
- autistic
- SEND
- EHCP
- special educational needs
- ADHD
- Down's syndrome
Also searched with “learning disability” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Learning disability & autism
Care home closures & provider failure
- care home closure
- provider failure
- residential care closure
- care home insolvency
- care home fees
- care home places
- care market
- market sustainability
Also searched with “care home closure” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Care home closures & provider failure
04 Who they quote
Who Shannen Headley calls
Voices credited in their pieces. A reporter who has called someone before is likely to call them again.
- Dr Saskia Jones-PerrottClinician
- Sophie GwinnettAcademic
05 The record
Recent articles
- 8 Nov 2026
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- 19 Sept 2026
- 5 Sept 2026
- 14 Aug 2026
- 23 Apr 2026
- 15 Mar 2026
- 3 Feb 2026
- 15 Dec 2025
- 2 Dec 2025
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