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David D'Cruz: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
David D'Cruz
Professor and consultant rheumatologist at Guy's Hospital
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press citations on 1 topic since 12 Oct 2026 · last quoted 22 Oct 2026
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David D'Cruz: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Professor and consultant rheumatologist at Guy's Hospital
- Quoted on
- Health inequalities
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 22 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 12 Oct 2026
04 The signal · where David D'Cruz sits on health inequalities
Ranked 15= of 100 voices quoted in the press on health inequalities, level with 9 others on 3 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Dr Amir KhanClinicianGP Partner, The Ridge Medical Practice14 - 2=
Scot HunterThink tankAnalyst, Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF)11 - 2=Veena RaleighSector leadersenior fellow at the King's Fund11
- 15=Dr Leyla HannbeckSector leaderchief executive of the Independent Pharmacies Association (IPA)3
- 15=Hannah DaviesSector leaderChief Executive of the Northern Health Science Alliance and Executive Director of Health Equity North3
- 15=David D'CruzClinicianProfessor and consultant rheumatologist at Guy's Hospital3
- 15=Iain BuchanAcademicProfessor, University of Liverpool3
- 15=
Dr. Bisola OjikutuRegulatorCommissioner of Public Health for the City of Boston and Executive Director, Boston Public Health Commission3
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05 On the record · press
What David D'Cruz has said
By outlet · linked articles
- cambridgeindependent.co.uk1
- independent.co.uk1
- pulsetoday.co.uk1
Where David D'Cruz has been quoted
- 01Females with autoimmune diseases more likely to be misdiagnosed as having psychiatric or psychosomatic conditions, Cambridge researchers findcambridgeindependent.co.uk · 22 Oct 2026
- 02Women more likely to be told autoimmune symptoms are psychosomatic - Pulse Todaypulsetoday.co.uk · 16 Oct 2026
- 03Women's autoimmune symptoms more likely to be dismissed as psychological, study findsindependent.co.uk · 12 Oct 2026
Verbatim
“The important message is that when symptoms persist, evolve or involve multiple systems, clinicians must be open minded and consider whether there is an underlying autoimmune disease that has not yet been recognised - and to listen to patients”
“The important message is that when symptoms persist, evolve or involve multiple systems, clinicians must be open minded and consider whether there is an underlying autoimmune disease that has not yet been recognised – and to listen to patients.”
“This is not about saying that a psychiatric diagnosis is never correct.”
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Doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and other registered clinicians quoted in a clinical capacity. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 12 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.