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Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Dr Ed Smith: no photograph is held, so the academic plate is shown instead.
Academic
Dr Ed Smith
York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 11 May 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Dr Ed Smith: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Quoted on
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 11 May 2026
04 On the record · press
What Dr Ed Smith has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- bbc.co.uk
Where Dr Ed Smith has been quoted
- Council urges pause on hospital ward closure plansbbc.co.uk · 11 May 2026
How we found the articles that name Dr Ed Smith: we searched news for these terms.
- hospital discharge
- delayed discharge
- bed blocking
- bed-blocking
- discharge to assess
- delayed transfers of care
- discharge delays
- step-down care
Also searched with “hospital discharge” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Verbatim
“We would not be discharging patients from hospital unless we were absolutely certain and happy that they had effective care in place at their residence.”
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