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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Dr Andrew Rochford: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Dr Andrew Rochford
executive medical director at NHS Norfolk and Suffolk ICB
4
Nov 2026to date
4
press citations on 1 topic since 4 Nov 2026 · last quoted 8 Nov 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Dr Andrew Rochford: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- executive medical director at NHS Norfolk and Suffolk ICB
- Quoted on
- Mental health
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 8 Nov 2026
- First quoted
- 4 Nov 2026
04 The signal · where Dr Andrew Rochford sits on mental health
Ranked 16= of 100 voices quoted in the press on mental health, level with 16 others on 4 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Professor Peter FonagyAcademicProfessor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science; Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (UCL)40 - 2
Dr Sarah HughesSector leaderChief Executive, Mind (The National Association for Mental Health)13 - 3
Sir Simon WesselyAcademicRegius Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London10 - 16=Michelle CoxClinicianClinical director for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) at Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust4
- 16=Tom PollardSector leaderHead of Policy, Campaigns and Public Affairs, Mind (The National Association for Mental Health)4
- 16=Dr Andrew RochfordClinicianexecutive medical director at NHS Norfolk and Suffolk ICB4
- 16=Dr Daniel HayesAcademiclead author of the study at University College London4
- 16=Thomas McMonagleClinicianTrainee psychiatrist, Hergest unit, Ysbyty Gwynedd4
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 16=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Dr Andrew Rochford has said
By outlet · linked articles
- bbc.co.uk1
- echo-news.co.uk1
- miltonkeynes.co.uk1
- peterboroughtoday.co.uk1
Where Dr Andrew Rochford has been quoted
- 01New 24-hour mental health crisis text service launched for people across Essexecho-news.co.uk · 8 Nov 2026
- 02NHS launches mental health text service in the East of Englandbbc.co.uk · 5 Nov 2026
- 03New crisis text service launches to provide mental health support to people across Milton Keynesmiltonkeynes.co.uk · 5 Nov 2026
- 04New NHS service offers vital mental health support in Peterboroughpeterboroughtoday.co.uk · 4 Nov 2026
Verbatim
“The launch of the East of England Mental Health Crisis Text Service gives people another way to access mental health support when they need it most.”
“We know that reaching out for help takes courage. For many people, especially younger people, sending a message can feel far less daunting than making a phone call or speaking face-to-face.”
“We know that reaching out for help takes courage. For many people, especially younger people, sending a message can feel far less daunting than making a phone call or speaking face-to-face.”
“We know that reaching out for help takes courage. For many people, especially younger people, sending a message can feel far less daunting than making a phone call or speaking face-to-face.”
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Doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and other registered clinicians quoted in a clinical capacity. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 13 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.