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Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
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Sector leader
Evan Beswick
Chief Officer of Argyll & Bute HSCP
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 21 Mar 2026
02 Quoted on · 2 of 29 topics
Evan Beswick: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chief Officer of Argyll & Bute HSCP
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 21 Mar 2026
04 The signal · where Evan Beswick sits on hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Quoted
Quoted in the press on hospital discharge / bed-blocking.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Dr Ian HigginsonClinicianPresident, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)Leading
Caroline AbrahamsSector leaderCharity Director, Age UKLeading- Colin PoolmanSector leaderexecutive director of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) ScotlandLeading
- Chris BabingtonSector leaderDirector, Hervines Group
- Sarah JenkinsCliniciandeputy medical director for Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and lead for the service
- Evan BeswickSector leaderChief Officer of Argyll & Bute HSCP
- Adam GordonAcademicProfessor of the Care of Older People at the Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing, Queen Mary University of London, and Chair of Alzheimer's Society's Clinical Advisory Group
- Dr Luke GeogheganAcademicBritish Association of Social Workers
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05 On the record · press
What Evan Beswick has said
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- healthandcare.scot
- helensburghadvertiser.co.uk
Where Evan Beswick has been quoted
- Staff working 'really hard' to help move healthcare patients back homehelensburghadvertiser.co.uk · 21 Mar 2026
- Argyll & Bute HSCP facing budget cutshealthandcare.scot
How we found the articles that name Evan Beswick: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 2 topics
Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- 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
Adult social care & reform
- adult social care
- social care reform
- social care funding
- Casey Commission
- care cap
- Dilnot
- charging reform
- Care Act
Also searched with “adult social care” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Adult social care & reform
Verbatim
“Our delayed discharge levels remain high and I know that our staff are working really hard to help address this through a whole-system, multi-disciplinary approach which recognises that no single service can solve the issue in isolation.”
“We are legally required to provide a balanced budget to our Integration Joint Board at its meeting in March 2026. We must deliver this while trying to minimise the potential negative impact that this could have on our core services, while also maximising the positive impact of the services we provide.”
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