03 Profile
Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · Palliative & end of life care
Dr Clare Finnegan: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Dr Clare Finnegan
Executive Medical Director
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 23 Mar 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Dr Clare Finnegan: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Executive Medical Director
- Quoted on
- Palliative & end of life care
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 25 Apr 2026
- First quoted
- 23 Mar 2026
04 The signal · where Dr Clare Finnegan sits on palliative & end of life care
Leading
One of the voices most often quoted in the press on palliative & end of life care.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
- Vicki GreensmithAcademicDirector of Clinical Services at Martin HouseLeading
- Julie McFaddenClinicianHospice nurse with 16 years of experienceLeading
Dr Sam RoystonSector leaderExecutive Director of Research and Policy, Marie CurieLeading
Professor Fliss MurtaghAcademicProfessor of Palliative Care, Hull York Medical School; Director, Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull (Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre)Leading- Lynsey LawsonSector leaderHead of community services at St Mary's HospiceLeading
- Dr Clare FinneganClinicianExecutive Medical DirectorLeading
- Sarah WilliamsonSector leaderDirector of Nursing and Quality, Marie CurieLeading
Dr Ian HigginsonClinicianPresident, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)Leading
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05 On the record · press
What Dr Clare Finnegan has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- lancs.live
- liverpoolecho.co.uk
- bbc.com
- itv.com
Where Dr Clare Finnegan has been quoted
- Merseyside hospice fights for survivalliverpoolecho.co.uk · 25 Apr 2026
- 'This place fixed me when I was broken, we cannot let it close'lancs.live · 20 Apr 2026
- Concerns for future of hospice as lack of funding forces downsizing | ITV Newsitv.com · 15 Apr 2026
- Hospice caring for Lancashire families needs £2m in 18 months or faces closurelancs.live · 9 Apr 2026
- Southport hospice facing 'worst financial crisis in 35 years'bbc.com · 8 Apr 2026
- Hospice has 18 months to find £2m or faces closureliverpoolecho.co.uk · 8 Apr 2026
- Hospice that's helped thousands in Lancashire faces 'untenable' £2m deficitlancs.live · 24 Mar 2026
- Hospice opened by Princess Diana faces £2m deficitliverpoolecho.co.uk · 23 Mar 2026
How we found the articles that name Dr Clare Finnegan: we searched news for these terms.
- palliative care
- end of life care
- hospice
- terminal illness
Also searched with “palliative care” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Palliative & end of life care
Verbatim
“It now costs us £2m more to run the hospice each year than we have coming from various finance streams and the financial reserves that we had are running out.”
“If we do nothing, we know our services will need to close within the next 18 months.”
“Queenscourt has been operating with an annual deficit of approximately £2 million for the past two years, and we face a similar shortfall for 2026/27. We have been drawing on our reserves to ensure we can continue to sustain our current services whilst we have been liaising with the Integrated Care Boards to obtain further funding. However we have been advised that we will not receive this level of funding until 2029, and if we do not take measures to cut our costs, Queenscourt will be forced to close.”
“Queenscourt has been operating with an annual deficit of approximately £2 million for the past two years, and we face a similar shortfall for 2026/27.”
“The £2m deficit means we won't be able to continue to deliver the services we do”
“This is not an outcome the charity is willing to accept, and we must now take urgent action if Queenscourt is to survive.”
“Right now, our situation is unsustainable, and we are being forced to consider the possibility of reducing vital services.”
“Right now, our situation is unsustainable, and we are being forced to consider the possibility of reducing vital services. This is a step we never imagined we might have to contemplate.”
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