03 Profile
Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Maternity & neonatal
Faisal Ali: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Faisal Ali
Solicitor, Irwin Mitchell
6
Nov 2026to date
6
press citations on 1 topic since 2 Nov 2026 · last quoted 2 Nov 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Faisal Ali: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Solicitor, Irwin Mitchell
- Quoted on
- Maternity & neonatal
- Tracked press citations
- 6
- Most recently quoted
- 2 Nov 2026
04 The signal · where Faisal Ali sits on maternity & neonatal
Ranked 34= of 100 voices quoted in the press on maternity & neonatal, level with 11 others on 6 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Donna OckendenClinicianChair of Independent Maternity Reviews; Director, Donna Ockenden Limited114 - 2
Vanessa PurdayClinicianChief Medical Officer, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust25 - 3
Gill WaltonUnionChief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Midwives (RCM)23 - 34=Gail ByrneClinicianInterim Chief Nurse, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust6
- 34=Stephen BreareyClinicianLead neonatal consultant, Countess of Chester Hospital6
- 34=Faisal AliSector leaderSolicitor, Irwin Mitchell6
- 34=Soo DowneAcademicProfessor of Midwifery Studies, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)6
- 34=Karen TitchenerSector leaderScotland's patient safety commissioner6
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 34=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Faisal Ali has said
By outlet · linked articles
- bbc.co.uk1
- chroniclelive.co.uk1
- cornwalllive.com1
- dailystar.co.uk1
- examinerlive.co.uk1
Where Faisal Ali has been quoted
- 01Mum told to book appointment to give birth to dead baby after NHS sent her homedailystar.co.uk · 2 Nov 2026
- 02Mum told to book a slot to give birth to dead baby after NHS sent her homecornwalllive.com · 2 Nov 2026
- 03Mum told to book slot to give birth to dead baby after NHS sent her homeexaminerlive.co.uk · 2 Nov 2026
- 04NHS told first-time mother to book appointment to give birth to her dead babyindependent.co.uk · 2 Nov 2026
- 05North Shields mother told to make appointment to give birth to dead babybbc.co.uk · 2 Nov 2026
- 06Heartbreak after pregnant Tyneside woman twice sent home before baby dieschroniclelive.co.uk · 2 Nov 2026
Verbatim
“What happened to Danielle and Maisie vividly highlights the human cost of care failings and how families left needing answers and access to specialist support are left trying to pick up the pieces.”
“What happened to Danielle and Maisie vividly highlights the human cost of care failings and how families left needing answers and access to specialist support are left trying to pick up the pieces.”
“What happened to Danielle and Maisie vividly highlights the human cost of care failings and how families left needing answers and access to specialist support are left trying to pick up the pieces.”
“What happened to Danielle and Maisie vividly highlights the human cost of care failings and how families left needing answers and access to specialist support are left trying to pick up the pieces. Sadly, this isn't an isolated case and we represent hundreds of families nationally affected by maternity failings.”
“What happened to Danielle and Maisie vividly highlights the human cost of care failings.”
“Pre‑eclampsia is a serious pregnancy condition requiring close monitoring. Without appropriate care it can be potentially life‑threatening for mums and babies.”
Related media coverage
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