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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Anna Telfer: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Anna Telfer
Chief Nursing Officer, UHMBT
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press citations on 2 topics since 21 Sept 2026 · last quoted 25 Sept 2026
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Anna Telfer: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Chief Nursing Officer, UHMBT
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 25 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 21 Sept 2026
04 The signal · where Anna Telfer 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.
- Maternity & neonatal35= of 100
- 1=
Dr Ian HigginsonClinicianPresident, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)6 - 1=
Caroline AbrahamsSector leaderCharity Director, Age UK6 - 3=Colin PoolmanSector leaderexecutive director of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland5
- 15=
Danielle JefferiesThink tankSenior Analyst, Policy Team, The King's Fund2 - 15=Dr Zuzanna SawickaClinicianconsultant in elderly medicine and the Royal College of Physicians' clinical director for patient safety and clinical standards2
- 15=Anna TelferClinicianChief Nursing Officer, UHMBT2
- 15=Professor Soumen SenguptaSector leaderSouth Lanarkshire health and social care chief officer2
- 15=Dr Maura O'NeillAcademicDirector of Older People's Service at the Western Trust2
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 15=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Anna Telfer has said
By outlet · linked articles
- beyond.radio1
- lancs.live1
- lep.co.uk1
- nwemail.co.uk1
Where Anna Telfer has been quoted
- 01Two Lancaster wards to close in favour of more care in the communitylancs.live · 25 Sept 2026
- 02Hospital to shut two whole wards for good - but only once it's 'safe' to do solep.co.uk · 24 Sept 2026
- 03Maternity services at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary officially exit national special measuresbeyond.radio · 22 Sept 2026
- 04Morecambe Bay NHS trust leaves maternity support programme after improvementsnwemail.co.uk · 21 Sept 2026
Verbatim
“Patient safety, quality of care and access remain...our priorities”
“Patient safety, quality of care and access remain...our priorities”
“This is a significant milestone for our maternity and neonatal services and reflects the tremendous commitment, professionalism and determination shown by colleagues over many years.”
“There is much more work to do to further improve and ensure the changes are embedded for many years to come, but this milestone shows we are heading in the right direction.”
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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 12 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.