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Hansard to 13 November 2026 · 31,544 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Eddie Docherty: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Eddie Docherty
Director of quality assurance, Healthcare Improvement Scotland
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Quoted in the press, across 2 topics since 11 Dec 2025
02 Quoted on · 2 of 29 topics
Eddie Docherty: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Director of quality assurance, Healthcare Improvement Scotland
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 12 Nov 2026
- First quoted
- 11 Dec 2025
04 On the record · press
What Eddie Docherty has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- heraldscotland.com
- nursinginpractice.com
Where Eddie Docherty has been quoted
- NHS Grampian apologises after report finds 'serious weaknesses' affecting patient safetyheraldscotland.com · 12 Nov 2026
- Nurses call for tougher regulation on cosmetic procedures in Scotland | Nursing in Practicenursinginpractice.com · 11 Dec 2025
How we found the articles that name Eddie Docherty: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 2 topics
NHS & care workforce/staffing
- NHS workforce
- staff shortages
- nursing shortage
- nurse recruitment
- care workforce
- care worker pay
- social care workforce
- NHS long term workforce plan
Also searched with “NHS workforce” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for NHS & care workforce/staffing
Cosmetic procedures & aesthetics
- cosmetic procedures
- non-surgical cosmetic procedures
- Botox
- botulinum toxin
- dermal fillers
- cosmetic fillers
- lip fillers
- aesthetic medicine
Also searched with “cosmetic procedures” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Cosmetic procedures & aesthetics
Verbatim
“This affected our confidence in the reliability and consistency of the information received from NHS Grampian.”
“significant route forward”
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