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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Deepa Shah: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Deepa Shah
Dr, NHS Shetland associated medical director for primary care
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press citations on 1 topic since 28 May 2026 · last quoted 7 Jul 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Deepa Shah: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Dr, NHS Shetland associated medical director for primary care
- Quoted on
- GP access
- Tracked press citations
- 6
- Most recently quoted
- 7 Jul 2026
- First quoted
- 28 May 2026
04 The signal · where Deepa Shah sits on gp access
Ranked 22= of 100 voices quoted in the press on gp access, level with 5 others on 6 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
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Dr Katie BramallUnionImmediate past chair, BMA GP Committee for England; Chair, BMA GP Committee UK, British Medical Association82 - 2
Professor Victoria Tzortziou BrownClinicianChair of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)63 - 3
Dr Chris ProvanClinicianChair, RCGP Scotland (three-year term began November 2023; described by GPonline in late October 2026 as the outgoing chair, with Dr Chris Williams named as his successor), Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland41 - 22=
Dr Adam JanjuaSector leaderChief Executive Officer, Consortium of Lancashire & Cumbria Local Medical Committees (LMCs)6 - 22=
Dr Amanda SullivanRegulatorChief Executive, NHS Derby and Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB Cluster6 - 22=Deepa ShahClinicianDr, NHS Shetland associated medical director for primary care6
- 22=Tracey McKigenAcademicDirector of primary care at NHS Lothian6
- 28=
Lynn WoolseyUnionChief Nursing Officer, Royal College of Nursing5
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 22=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Deepa Shah has said
By outlet · linked articles
- shetlandtimes.co.uk5
- shetnews.co.uk1
Where Deepa Shah has been quoted
- 01Health board confirms new walk-in clinic is still intended to operate seven days a week - despite recent staffing pressuresshetlandtimes.co.uk · 7 Jul 2026
- 02Staffing issues force walk-in clinic to cut its hours for third successive weekendshetlandtimes.co.uk · 27 Jun 2026
- 03Walk-in clinic forced to curtail opening hours for second successive weekend due to staffing issuesshetlandtimes.co.uk · 20 Jun 2026
- 04Walk-in clinic forced to close for a day due to staffing pressures - and other health centres to shut for the World Cup bank holidayshetlandtimes.co.uk · 11 Jun 2026
- 05Staffing the biggest risk associated with new walk-in clinicshetlandtimes.co.uk · 28 May 2026
- 06Staffing risk highlighted as walk-in clinic trial continuesshetnews.co.uk · 28 May 2026
Verbatim
“taking care not to destabilise the existing primary care workforce”
“one of the biggest risks going forward”
“It is staffed by GPs and ANPs (Advanced nurse practitioners), taking care not to destabilise the existing primary care workforce”
“It is staffed by GPs and ANPs (Advanced nurse practitioners), taking care not to destabilise the existing primary care workforce”
“Staffing remains one of the biggest risks going forward, and the risk for this remains high”
“the clinic is staffed by GPs and ANPs (advanced nurse practitioners)”
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