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Hansard to 9 November 2026 · 31,243 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Academic · A&E & ambulance response
Dr Des Holden: no photograph is held, so the academic plate is shown instead.
Academic
Dr Des Holden
chief medical officer of East Kent Hospitals
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press citation on 1 topic since 13 Dec 2025 · last quoted 25 Mar 2026
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Dr Des Holden: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- chief medical officer of East Kent Hospitals
- Quoted on
- A&E & ambulance response
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 25 Mar 2026
- First quoted
- 13 Dec 2025
04 The signal · where Dr Des Holden sits on a&e & ambulance response
Ranked 54= of 100 voices quoted in the press on a&e & ambulance response, level with 46 others on 1 citation.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Dr Ian HigginsonClinicianPresident, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)25 - 2
Prof Nicola RangerUnionGeneral Secretary and Chief Executive, Royal College of Nursing19 - 3
Aidan FowlerRegulatorNational Director of Patient Safety, NHS England; Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Social Care9 - 54=
Dr Dave BriggsClinicianExecutive Director of Outcomes (Medical), NHS Derby and Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB cluster (DLN ICB Cluster)1 - 54=
Ciarán DevaneSector leaderChief Executive, The NHS Alliance1 - 54=Dr Des HoldenAcademicchief medical officer of East Kent Hospitals1
- 54=Dr Jules WaltonAcademicChief Medical Officer for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust1
- 54=Colin PoolmanSector leaderexecutive director of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland1
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 54=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Dr Des Holden has said
By outlet · linked articles
- kentonline.co.uk1
Where Dr Des Holden has been quoted
- 01Kent NHS trust to be put in new ‘recovery programme’ by governmentkentonline.co.uk · 25 Mar 2026
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