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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · A&E & ambulance response
Chinyama Okunuga: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Chinyama Okunuga
Chief executive, Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals
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press citations on 1 topic since 30 Oct 2026 · last quoted 30 Oct 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Chinyama Okunuga: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chief executive, Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals
- Quoted on
- A&E & ambulance response
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Oct 2026
04 The signal · where Chinyama Okunuga sits on a&e & ambulance response
Ranked 70= of 100 voices quoted in the press on a&e & ambulance response, level with 30 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Dr Ian HigginsonClinicianPresident, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)82 - 2
Prof Nicola RangerUnionGeneral Secretary and Chief Executive, Royal College of Nursing74 - 3Dr Fiona HunterClinicianScotland Vice President, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)17
- 70=Ellie CannonClinician2
- 70=Liam WilliamsSector leaderExecutive director of quality and nursing, and lead for remote care, Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust (WAST)2
- 70=Chinyama OkunugaSector leaderChief executive, Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals2
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05 On the record · press
What Chinyama Okunuga has said
By outlet · linked articles
- bbc.co.uk1
- bbc.com1
Where Chinyama Okunuga has been quoted
- 01South East hospitals urge patients to avoid A&E amid pressuresbbc.co.uk · 30 Oct 2026
- 02South East hospitals urge patients to avoid A&E amid pressuresbbc.com · 30 Oct 2026
Verbatim
“really feeling the strain, and this will only get worse as we head into winter”
“really feeling the strain, and this will only get worse as we head into winter”
Related media coverage
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