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Professor Damian Roland

NHS system director for urgent and emergency care for Leicestershire and Rutland, and consultant in children's emergency medicine

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Quoted in the press, across 2 topics since 18 Nov 2025

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Professor Damian Roland: key facts

Kind of voice
Clinician
Role
NHS system director for urgent and emergency care for Leicestershire and Rutland, and consultant in children's emergency medicine
Quoted on
A&E & ambulance response
Press coverage
Quoted in the press
Most recently quoted
7 Jul 2026
First quoted
18 Nov 2025

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What Professor Damian Roland has said

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  • bbc.co.uk
  • southampton.ac.uk

Where Professor Damian Roland has been quoted

  1. Major trial to discover the most effective treatment for severe asthma attacks in childrensouthampton.ac.uk · 7 Jul 2026
  2. A&E in Leicester open for business amid resident doctors' strikebbc.co.uk · 18 Nov 2025

How we found the articles that name Professor Damian Roland: we searched news for these terms.

  • A&E waiting times
  • A&E department
  • accident and emergency
  • ambulance response times
  • ambulance handover
  • ambulance waiting
  • ambulance service
  • emergency department

Also searched with “A&E waiting times” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for A&E & ambulance response

Verbatim

“When we spoke to children and their families before we began the study, they told us that their child feeling better and looking well was the most important outcome.”
Paediatric Emergency Medicine Consultant at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust; Co-lead for the EVITA trial · southampton.ac.uk · 7 Jul 2026 · Read the article
“We are really sorry for the disruption this has caused but we're working extremely hard to make sure that we provide safe and quality care over the strike action and that we will pick things up as soon as we possibly can afterwards.”
NHS system director for urgent and emergency care for Leicestershire and Rutland, and consultant in children's emergency medicine · A&E & ambulance response · bbc.co.uk · 18 Nov 2025 · Read the article

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