Professor Adrian Edwards: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Co-Director of the Division of Population Medicine at Cardiff University and Director of the Health and Care Research Wales Evidence Centre
- Quoted on
- Plastic & reconstructive surgery, Respiratory (asthma/COPD)
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
“Outward medical tourism, where people seek elective medical treatment in a different country to the one in which they live, has been rising for several decades and is likely to continue to increase.”
What Professor Adrian Edwards has said
“the pandemic had 'worsened GP wellbeing and increased levels of burnout'”
expert witness on general medical practice during the pandemic · Respiratory (asthma/COPD) · 10 Sept 2026 · GPs need ‘emotional support’ after extreme levels of burnout during Covid, inquiry finds ↗
Where Professor Adrian Edwards has been quoted
- NHS faces high costs from patients seeking elective surgery abroadcardiff.ac.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- GPs need ‘emotional support’ after extreme levels of burnout during Covid, inquiry findspulsetoday.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
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