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Hansard to 13 November 2026 · 31,544 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · Learning disability & autism
Dr Ben Mearns: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Dr Ben Mearns
consultant in acute medicine and a geriatrician
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 12 May 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Dr Ben Mearns: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- consultant in acute medicine and a geriatrician
- Quoted on
- Learning disability & autism
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 12 May 2026
04 On the record · press
What Dr Ben Mearns has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- bbc.co.uk
Where Dr Ben Mearns has been quoted
- NHS care contributed to autistic man's death - coronerbbc.co.uk · 12 May 2026
How we found the articles that name Dr Ben Mearns: we searched news for these terms.
- learning disability
- autism
- autistic
- SEND
- EHCP
- special educational needs
- ADHD
- Down's syndrome
Also searched with “learning disability” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Learning disability & autism
Verbatim
“Parsons died because he did not have something he needed for two weeks. He said his family had not been treated in the way they deserved and apologised.”
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