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Professor Abdul Razaq: no photograph is held, so the academic plate is shown instead.
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Professor Abdul Razaq
Director of Public Health for Blackburn with Darwen
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press citations on 1 topic since 12 Dec 2025 · last quoted 29 Oct 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Professor Abdul Razaq: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Director of Public Health for Blackburn with Darwen
- Quoted on
- Public health & prevention
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 29 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 12 Dec 2025
04 The signal · where Professor Abdul Razaq sits on public health & prevention
Ranked 59= of 100 voices quoted in the press on public health & prevention, level with 26 others on 4 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Sir Chris WhittyRegulatorChief Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government, Department of Health and Social Care39 - 2Anya GopfertClinicianConsultant in public health, UKHSA35
- 3
Prof Meghana PanditRegulatorDeputy Chief Executive Officer (NHS England) / Chief Executive Officer (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)17 - 59=Dr Clair BarnesAcademicstatistician at Imperial College London investigating the impacts of climate change on extreme weather4
- 59=Sean SempleAcademicProfessor, University of Stirling4
- 59=Professor Abdul RazaqAcademicDirector of Public Health for Blackburn with Darwen4
- 59=Alastair MacGilchristAcademicChairman of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems4
- 59=Paul HunterAcademicprofessor of medicine at the University of East Anglia4
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05 On the record · press
What Professor Abdul Razaq has said
By outlet · linked articles
- lancs.live2
- lancashiretelegraph.co.uk1
- thescottishsun.co.uk1
Where Professor Abdul Razaq has been quoted
- 01'Vape Silicon Valley' where streets 'stink of sweet smoke' braces for crackdownthescottishsun.co.uk · 29 Oct 2026
- 02Lancashire's latest flu figures released for each NHS trust as new warning issued | Lancs Livelancs.live · 18 Dec 2025
- 03Warning issued as dozens are admitted to Lancashire hospitals with 'super flu' | Lancs Livelancs.live · 16 Dec 2025
- 04Health boss warns on 'super flu' and how to combat itlancashiretelegraph.co.uk · 12 Dec 2025
Verbatim
“We will ensure that our position on vaping remains evidence-led, and also that it evolves to consider developments in national guidance, the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 legislation, together with local insights, offers of support and implementation of key measures to ensure a smoke-free generation.”
“We all know someone who's already been poorly this flu season with the 'super flu' that's making national headlines, and we can all help our local hospital by taking steps to prevent illness and hospitalisation. Flu is so much more than a bad cold.”
“We all know someone who's already been poorly this flu season with the 'super flu' that's making national headlines, and we can all help our local hospital by taking steps to prevent illness and hospitalisation.”
“Flu is so much more than a bad cold. It is a highly infectious virus and can be a serious, even life-threatening illness for some people.”
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