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Clinician

Colin Close

Medical director, Musgrove Park Hospital

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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 21 Feb 2026

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Colin Close: key facts

Kind of voice
Clinician
Role
Medical director, Musgrove Park Hospital
Quoted on
NHS & care workforce/staffing
Press coverage
Quoted in the press
Most recently quoted
21 Feb 2026

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What Colin Close has said

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  • somersetcountygazette.co.uk

Where Colin Close has been quoted

  1. Looking Back: When Taunton's junior doctors went on strike in 2016somersetcountygazette.co.uk · 21 Feb 2026

How we found the articles that name Colin Close: we searched news for these terms.

  • NHS workforce
  • staff shortages
  • nursing shortage
  • nurse recruitment
  • care workforce
  • care worker pay
  • social care workforce
  • NHS long term workforce plan

Also searched with “NHS workforce” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for NHS & care workforce/staffing

Verbatim

“We have worked with nursing and medical colleagues to put robust plans in place to ensure that the hospital remains completely safe during the proposed strike periods.”
Medical director, Musgrove Park Hospital · NHS & care workforce/staffing · somersetcountygazette.co.uk · 21 Feb 2026 · Read the article

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