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Alex Stephen

NHS Grampian executive director on call

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press citations on 1 topic since 29 Sept 2026 · last quoted 29 Sept 2026

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Alex Stephen: key facts

Kind of voice
Sector leader
Role
NHS Grampian executive director on call
Quoted on
Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Tracked press citations
2
Most recently quoted
29 Sept 2026

03  Profile

04  The signal · where Alex Stephen sits on hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Ranked 15= of 100 voices quoted in the press on hospital discharge / bed-blocking, level with 14 others on 2 citations.

Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.

  1. 1=Dr Ian Higginson portraitDr Ian HigginsonClinicianPresident, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)6
  2. 1=Caroline Abrahams portraitCaroline AbrahamsSector leaderCharity Director, Age UK6
  3. 3=Colin PoolmanSector leaderexecutive director of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland5
  4. 15=Dr Maura O'NeillAcademicDirector of Older People's Service at the Western Trust2
  5. 15=Andy WeirSector leaderHealth's managing director2
  6. 15=Alex StephenSector leaderNHS Grampian executive director on call2
  7. 15=Andy CurranClinicianCo-medical director, Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board2
  8. 15=Dr Henri GillerSector leaderChairman of Oldham Safeguarding Adults Board2

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05  On the record · press

What Alex Stephen has said

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  • bbc.co.uk1
  • forres-gazette.co.uk1

Where Alex Stephen has been quoted

  1. 01NHS Grampian stands down critical incident at Elgin hospitalbbc.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026
  2. 02Dr Gray’s Hospital ‘critical incident’ stood downforres-gazette.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026

Verbatim

“I am pleased that, following a sustained effort from colleagues across our health and social care system, we have been able to stand down the hospital-level critical incident at Dr Gray's Hospital.”
NHS Grampian executive director on call · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · bbc.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026 · Read the article
“I am pleased that, following a sustained effort from colleagues across our health and social care system, we have been able to stand down the hospital-level critical incident at Dr Gray's Hospital.”
NHS Grampian executive director on call · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · forres-gazette.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026 · Read the article

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