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Dr Alan Stout: no photograph is held, so the academic plate is shown instead.
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Dr Alan Stout
Chair of BMA's Northern Ireland Council
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press citations on 6 topics since 6 Dec 2025 · last quoted 10 Nov 2026
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Dr Alan Stout: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Chair of BMA's Northern Ireland Council
- Quoted on
- NHS & care workforce/staffing, Public health & prevention, NHS waiting listsand 3 more
- Tracked press citations
- 11
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Nov 2026
- First quoted
- 6 Dec 2025
04 The signal · where Dr Alan Stout sits on nhs waiting lists
Ranked 41= of 100 voices quoted in the press on nhs waiting lists, level with 42 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Tim GardnerThink tankDeputy Director of Policy, The Health Foundation24 - 2
Prof Meghana PanditRegulatorDeputy Chief Executive Officer (NHS England) / Chief Executive Officer (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)19 - 3=
Sarah WoolnoughThink tankChief Executive, The King's Fund17 - 41=Colin PoolmanSector leaderexecutive director of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland2
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Dr Hilary WilliamsClinicianClinical Vice President, Royal College of Physicians2 - 41=Dr Alan StoutAcademicChair of BMA's Northern Ireland Council2
- 41=
Anthony ClarksonRegulatorDirector of Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation, NHS Blood and Transplant2 - 41=Dr Iain KennedyAcademicchairman of BMA Scotland2
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 41=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Dr Alan Stout has said
By outlet · linked articles
- newsletter.co.uk4
- irishnews.com3
- bbc.com1
- bma.org.uk1
- pulsetoday.co.uk1
Where Dr Alan Stout has been quoted
- 01Northern Ireland health service collapsing 'in slow motion' as Stormont concentrates on Orange-Green rowsirishnews.com · 10 Nov 2026
- 02'American' Covid behind surge in Northern Ireland hospital admissionsnewsletter.co.uk · 27 Oct 2026
- 03What 'Before the Vote' gets right and wrong about health...sluggerotoole.com · 27 Oct 2026
- 04Suspected cancer among 44k 'rejected referral' letters never sent to GPs - Pulse Todaypulsetoday.co.uk · 16 Sept 2026
- 05New health minister's top priority should be above inflation increase for all doctors - trade union chiefnewsletter.co.uk · 20 Aug 2026
- 06Ian Ellis: State of NI's health service an unnecessary worry for elderlynewsletter.co.uk · 6 Mar 2026
- 07Nearly 500 waiting list patients get funding approved for treatment outside Northern Irelandirishnews.com · 23 Feb 2026
- 08NI health: 'Nothing you can do' - Older patients 'no longer feel protected'bbc.com · 18 Feb 2026
- 09Latest life expectancy figures show Northern Ireland 'struggling' to keep aging population in good healthirishnews.com · 10 Dec 2025
- 10Ben Lowry: Why I am pro vaccines, and have just got my flu jabnewsletter.co.uk · 6 Dec 2025
- 11BMA Northern Ireland statement on Life Expectancy in Northern Ireland 2022-24 statisticsbma.org.uk
Verbatim
“We are seeing the collapse of our health service in slow motion at the moment, and there is a real fear that a difficult winter is just going to really accentuate and accelerate that.”
“We are hearing some reports of increased admissions with the new covid variant. There have been peaks of Covid since the end of the pandemic, so another spike is not new.”
“inevitably cause delays”
“It is unquestionable that harm will have unfortunately resulted from these delays and we call on the department to address this issue as matter of urgency.”
“It is clear that the system is under immense pressure. Doctors are demoralised and looking for decisive leadership that is prepared to take difficult decisions when the clinical evidence shows change is needed.”
“not sustainable”
“However, these initiatives are, at best, a short‑term fix to a much deeper problem in our health service.”
“The current situation is not sustainable.”
“We have a growing, ageing population, but we are struggling to keep them well.”
“It doesn't stop you catching infection but prevents you becoming seriously unwell. It could have been very different for him if not vaccinated.”
“These figures confirm what most people working in health and social care services have known for some time now: We have a growing, ageing population, but we are struggling to keep them well. This is particularly reflected in the 'healthy and disability-free life expectancy' figures which are quite stark.”
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