03 Profile
Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Palliative & end of life care
David Pastor: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
David Pastor
Chief executive, Claire House Children's Hospice
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 30 May 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
David Pastor: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chief executive, Claire House Children's Hospice
- Quoted on
- Palliative & end of life care
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 22 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 30 May 2026
04 The signal · where David Pastor sits on palliative & end of life care
Regularly cited
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- Rick ArmstrongClinicianBank registered nurseRegularly cited
- Sophie O'TooleClinicianadvanced nurse practitionerRegularly cited
- David PastorSector leaderChief executive, Claire House Children's HospiceRegularly cited
- Jo LentonClinicianchief executive and chief nurse at St Luke'sRegularly cited
- Bronnie WareClinicianFormer palliative care nurse and authorRegularly cited
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05 On the record · press
What David Pastor has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- bbc.com
- liverpoolecho.co.uk
- runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk
Where David Pastor has been quoted
- £10m appeal launched for children's hospice to support Halton familiesruncornandwidnesworld.co.uk · 22 Oct 2026
- Families' joy as much loved Liverpool hospice gets expansion go-aheadliverpoolecho.co.uk · 5 Jul 2026
- Get begin city kids' hospice plan, bereaved mum urgesbbc.com · 30 May 2026
How we found the articles that name David Pastor: 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
“Why should children miss out simply because of where they live?”
“It's just such a relief and we're so proud to have got planning permission and now our dream can become a reality.”
“Children in Liverpool need hospice care closer to home and extra miles really count.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. 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 13 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.