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Clinician
Ann-Marie Morris
Deputy medical director, Royal Stoke university hospital
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Quoted in the press, across 2 topics since 17 Dec 2025
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Ann-Marie Morris: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Deputy medical director, Royal Stoke university hospital
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 4 Feb 2026
- First quoted
- 17 Dec 2025
04 The signal · where Ann-Marie Morris sits on nhs waiting lists
Quoted
Quoted in the press on nhs waiting lists.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Tim GardnerThink tankDeputy Director of Policy, The Health FoundationLeading
Prof Meghana PanditRegulatorDeputy Chief Executive Officer (NHS England) / Chief Executive Officer (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)Leading
Sarah WoolnoughThink tankChief Executive, The King's FundLeading- Andy HardyAcademicProfessor, Chief Executive Officer, UHCW NHS Trust
- Richard EvansSector leaderDeputy Chief Executive and Medical Director
- Ann-Marie MorrisClinicianDeputy medical director, Royal Stoke university hospital
- Carla LangtonClinicianNurse director, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
- Leonie SeagerClinicianConsultant orthodontist and project lead
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05 On the record · press
What Ann-Marie Morris has said
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- bbc.com
- stokesentinel.co.uk
- theguardian.com
Where Ann-Marie Morris has been quoted
- £42m NHS diagnostic centre opening at old Hanley Sainsbury's in April - Stoke-on-Trent Livestokesentinel.co.uk · 4 Feb 2026
- £42.6m medical centre set to open in Hanley in Aprilbbc.com · 3 Feb 2026
- ‘Permanent winter’: a day in the life of a hospital dealing with flu and strikestheguardian.com · 17 Dec 2025
How we found the articles that name Ann-Marie Morris: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 2 topics
NHS waiting lists
- NHS waiting list
- waiting list
- elective waiting times
- elective recovery
- elective backlog
- waiting list backlog
- referral to treatment
- RTT
Also searched with “NHS waiting list” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for NHS waiting lists
Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- hospital discharge
- delayed discharge
- bed blocking
- bed-blocking
- discharge to assess
- delayed transfers of care
- discharge delays
- step-down care
Also searched with “hospital discharge” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Verbatim
“This is a fantastic, purpose-built facility with state-of-the-art equipment that will provide an excellent environment for both patients and staff. Being based in the centre of Hanley means the service will be accessible, welcoming and much closer to where people live and work, which will make a real difference to the patient experience.”
“Being based in the centre of Hanley means the service will be accessible, welcoming and much closer to where people live and work, which will make a real difference to the patient experience.”
“So … this is busy. This is not our worst day, but equally … it is a challenge to manage, I would say, today.”
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