Dr Eliot Sykes: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- chief medical officer at CDDFT
- Quoted on
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 13 Oct 2026
“We must make sure we look after the most vulnerable in society and avoid frail older people waiting hours in our busy Emergency Departments or being admitted to hospital when they don't need to. Key to this is having the right specialists available 24/7 on both of our acute sites to assess, treat and support older people to recover and return home quickly.”
Where Dr Eliot Sykes has been quoted
- MP urges NHS bosses to halt Bishop Auckland ward move to Darlingtonthenorthernecho.co.uk · 13 Oct 2026
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