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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · A&E & ambulance response
Adam Sampson: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Adam Sampson
Chief executive, Association of Optometrists
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press citations on 1 topic since 27 Jul 2026 · last quoted 28 Jul 2026
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Adam Sampson: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chief executive, Association of Optometrists
- Quoted on
- A&E & ambulance response
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 28 Jul 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Jul 2026
04 The signal · where Adam Sampson sits on a&e & ambulance response
Ranked 52= of 100 voices quoted in the press on a&e & ambulance response, level with 17 others on 3 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
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Dr Ian HigginsonClinicianPresident, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)82 - 2
Prof Nicola RangerUnionGeneral Secretary and Chief Executive, Royal College of Nursing75 - 3
Prof Frankie SwordsRegulatorNational Medical Director, NHS England / Department of Health and Social Care19 - 52=Andy SwinburnAcademicChief clinical officer, Welsh Ambulance Service3
- 52=Dr Gill FindleyClinicianChief Nurse at North Cumbria Integrated Care3
- 52=Adam SampsonSector leaderChief executive, Association of Optometrists3
- 52=Steve ThomasClinicianChief Nursing Officer at Isle of Wight NHS Trust3
- 52=Dr Ananthakrishnan RaghuramAcademicChief Medical Officer for NHS Gloucestershire3
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 52=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Adam Sampson has said
By outlet · linked articles
- aol.co.uk1
- bournemouthecho.co.uk1
- mirror.co.uk1
Where Adam Sampson has been quoted
- 01400,000 A&E visits for minor eye conditions could be avoided, research revealsbournemouthecho.co.uk · 28 Jul 2026
- 02People turning up at A&E with eye complaints opticians will treat for freemirror.co.uk · 27 Jul 2026
- 03Hundreds of people turning up at A&E with eye complaints opticians would treat for free - AOLaol.co.uk · 27 Jul 2026
Verbatim
“Emergency departments should not be the default destination to manage eye problems.”
“Emergency departments should not be the default destination to manage eye problems. What this research tells us is that hundreds of thousands of patients each year end up in A&E because they conclude it's their only option, but they could be treated by the highly trained optometry workforce based in the community.”
“Emergency departments should not be the default destination to manage eye problems.”
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