BMDr Bernie Marden — no licensed photograph is available, so the academic plate is shown instead.

Academic

Dr Bernie Marden

Chief Medical Officer for Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire, NHS Dorset and NHS Somerset Integrated Care Boards

Press citations

5

Topic

1

Heart disease & stroke

Last quoted

Sept 2026

Dr Bernie Marden: key facts

Kind of voice
Academic
Role
Chief Medical Officer for Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire, NHS Dorset and NHS Somerset Integrated Care Boards
Quoted on
Heart disease & stroke
Press citations held
5
Most recently quoted
29 Sept 2026

“We all know that getting timely treatment, and importantly in the right place, is in the best interest of a stroke patient and this system helps us to make that judgement much quicker.”

What Dr Bernie Marden has said

  • “We all know that getting timely treatment, and importantly in the right place, is in the best interest of a stroke patient and this system helps us to make that judgement much quicker.”

    chief medical officer representing NHS Somerset and NHS Dorset integrated care boards · Heart disease & stroke · 29 Sept 2026 · Hospital's emergency stroke unit closes ↗

  • “We all know that getting timely treatment, and importantly in the right place, is in the best interest of a stroke patient and this system helps us to make that judgement much quicker.”

    Chief Medical Officer for Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire, NHS Dorset and NHS Somerset Integrated Care Boards · Heart disease & stroke · 29 Sept 2026 · New video triage system to be rolled out for stroke patients in Somerset and Dorset ↗

  • “We all know that getting timely treatment, and importantly in the right place, is in the best interest of a stroke patient and this system helps us to make that judgement much quicker.”

    Chief Medical Officer representing NHS Somerset and NHS Dorset integrated care boards · Heart disease & stroke · 29 Sept 2026 · Hospital's emergency stroke unit closes ↗

  • “We all know that getting timely treatment, and importantly in the right place, is in the best interest of a stroke patient and this system helps us to make that judgement much quicker.”

    chief medical officer representing NHS Somerset and NHS Dorset integrated care boards · Heart disease & stroke · 29 Sept 2026 · Stroke patients to be taken 20-30 miles for urgent care as Yeovil unit closes ↗

Where Dr Bernie Marden has been quoted

  1. New hyperacute stroke services launch across Somerset and Dorset and Somerset Councilsomerset.gov.uk · 29 Sept 2026
  2. Hospital's emergency stroke unit closesbbc.com · 29 Sept 2026
  3. New video triage system to be rolled out for stroke patients in Somerset and Dorsetblackmorevale.net · 29 Sept 2026
  4. Hospital's emergency stroke unit closesbbc.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026
  5. Stroke patients to be taken 20-30 miles for urgent care as Yeovil unit closesnrtimes.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026

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