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Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · Maternity & neonatal
Claire McDermott: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Claire McDermott
director of midwifery, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
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press citations on 1 topic since 17 Sept 2026 · last quoted 17 Sept 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Claire McDermott: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- director of midwifery, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
- Quoted on
- Maternity & neonatal
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 17 Sept 2026
04 The signal · where Claire McDermott sits on maternity & neonatal
Ranked 65= of 100 voices quoted in the press on maternity & neonatal, level with 24 others on 4 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Donna OckendenClinicianChair of Independent Maternity Reviews; Director, Donna Ockenden Limited115 - 2
Vanessa PurdayClinicianChief Medical Officer, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust25 - 3
Gill WaltonUnionChief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Midwives (RCM)24 - 65=Claire MacdiarmidSector leaderinterim group director of maternity4
- 65=Dr Beverley AdamsCliniciandivisional medical director for Integrated Maternity and Women's Health at the trust4
- 65=Claire McDermottCliniciandirector of midwifery, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust4
- 65=Geoff ChaseAcademicBioengineering professor4
- 65=Peter HomaSector leaderDr, former NUH chief executive and director of Acorn Leadership Development4
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 65=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Claire McDermott has said
By outlet · linked articles
- au.news.yahoo.com1
- bbc.co.uk1
- birminghammail.co.uk1
- expressandstar.com1
Where Claire McDermott has been quoted
- 01Maternity bosses 'listening to families' in bid to improvebirminghammail.co.uk · 17 Sept 2026
- 02Maternity bosses 'listening to families' after report highlighted discriminationexpressandstar.com · 17 Sept 2026
- 03West Midlands NHS chiefs aim to rebuild trust in maternity carebbc.co.uk · 17 Sept 2026
- 04NHS chiefs aim to rebuild trust in maternity careau.news.yahoo.com
Verbatim
“The Baroness Amos report unveiled things that were deeply disturbing and we do want to apologise to anybody that's received care that falls below the standards.”
“We know that rebuilding the trust of our families and communities won't happen through words alone and we need to do this through action.”
“We know that rebuilding the trust of our families and communities won't happen through words alone and we need to do this through action.”
“We do want to apologise to anybody that's received care that falls below the standards. We know that rebuilding the trust of our families and communities won't happen through words alone and we need to do this through action.”
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