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Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Professor Deirdre Fowler: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Professor Deirdre Fowler
chief nurse and chief midwife at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 9 Apr 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Professor Deirdre Fowler: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- chief nurse and chief midwife at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
- Quoted on
- Maternity & neonatal
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 4 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 9 Apr 2026
04 The signal · where Professor Deirdre Fowler sits on maternity & neonatal
Regularly cited
One of the voices most often quoted in the press on maternity & neonatal.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Donna OckendenClinicianChair of Independent Maternity Reviews; Director, Donna Ockenden LimitedLeading
Vanessa PurdayClinicianChief Medical Officer, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLeading
Gill WaltonUnionChief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Midwives (RCM)Leading- Soo DowneAcademicProfessor of Midwifery Studies, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)Regularly cited
- Karen TitchenerSector leaderScotland's patient safety commissionerRegularly cited
- Professor Deirdre FowlerClinicianchief nurse and chief midwife at Somerset NHS Foundation TrustRegularly cited
- Carolyn MillsClinicianChief Nursing Officer, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustRegularly cited
- Julie DawesClinicianChief nurse, Hampshire HospitalsRegularly cited
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05 On the record · press
What Professor Deirdre Fowler has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- somersetlive.co.uk
- bbc.co.uk
- bbc.com
- chardandilminsternews.co.uk
- somersetcountygazette.co.uk
Where Professor Deirdre Fowler has been quoted
- Musgrove Park Hospital Taunton 'requires improvement' after new CQC inspectionsomersetcountygazette.co.uk · 4 Sept 2026
- Maternity unit 'leaky and mouldy' but no longer 'inadequate'somersetlive.co.uk · 4 Sept 2026
- Yeovil Hospital Maternity services reopen after safety concerns addressedsomersetlive.co.uk · 22 Apr 2026
- Yeovil maternity ward boss 'confident' as unit reopensbbc.com · 21 Apr 2026
- Yeovil's maternity ward to reopen after safety concernsbbc.co.uk · 10 Apr 2026
- Yeovil District Hospital maternity services and Special Care Baby Unit to reopenchardandilminsternews.co.uk · 9 Apr 2026
How we found the articles that name Professor Deirdre Fowler: we searched news for these terms.
- maternity
- maternity services
- maternity care
- neonatal
- stillbirth
- maternal mortality
- midwifery
- midwife
Also searched with “maternity” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Maternity & neonatal
Verbatim
“We have done a huge amount of work to improve our maternity services since the CQC inspection in November 2023. Today's ratings and the CQC's report for maternity services at MPH and the trust's community midwifery services reflect the improvements we have made and the work that is needed to further improve maternity services across Somerset.”
“We have made as many improvements as possible to this building, but it is not fit for use in a modern NHS and needs to be replaced urgently.”
“We are very excited to welcome mothers, babies and families back to YDH in just two weeks' time.”
“We are really confident we have done what we need to do to really meet the standards we need.”
“We are very excited to welcome mothers, babies and families back to YDH in just two weeks' time.”
“We are very excited to welcome mothers, babies and families back to YDH in just two weeks' time. Our maternity and paediatric colleagues are working hard to complete our final preparations and welcome you back to Yeovil.”
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