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Hansard to 13 November 2026 · 31,544 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Fiona Wheeler: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Fiona Wheeler
Chief Operating Officer for Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT)
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 18 Feb 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Fiona Wheeler: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chief Operating Officer for Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT)
- Quoted on
- A&E & ambulance response
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 21 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 18 Feb 2026
04 The signal · where Fiona Wheeler sits on a&e & ambulance response
Regularly cited
One of the voices most often quoted in the press on a&e & ambulance response.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Dr Ian HigginsonClinicianPresident, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)Leading
Prof Nicola RangerUnionGeneral Secretary and Chief Executive, Royal College of NursingLeading
Prof Frankie SwordsRegulatorNational Medical Director, NHS England / Department of Health and Social CareLeading- Rebekah HunterAcademicClinical team leader, North East Ambulance ServiceRegularly cited
- Bill JewsburyClinicianMedical Director, Royal SurreyRegularly cited
- Fiona WheelerSector leaderChief Operating Officer for Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust (BHRUT)Regularly cited
- Dr Felix LorangAcademicmember of the emergency medicine congress abstract selection committeeRegularly cited
- Chris StortonRegulatorDeputy Director of Hospitals (North East), Care Quality CommissionRegularly cited
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05 On the record · press
What Fiona Wheeler has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- bbc.co.uk
- london-now.co.uk
- thehaveringdaily.co.uk
Where Fiona Wheeler has been quoted
- Overcrowded Romford A&E secures £42m for rebuildbbc.co.uk · 21 Oct 2026
- EXCLUSIVE: £42 MILLION BOOST FOR QUEEN’S HOSPITAL A&E AS LONG-AWAITED TRANSFORMATION GETS GREEN LIGHT – The Havering Dailythehaveringdaily.co.uk · 18 Oct 2026
- East London hospitals see 60 per cent surge in A&E waits of more than 12 hourslondon-now.co.uk · 18 Feb 2026
How we found the articles that name Fiona Wheeler: we searched news for these terms.
- A&E waiting times
- A&E department
- accident and emergency
- ambulance response times
- ambulance handover
- ambulance waiting
- ambulance service
- emergency department
Also searched with “A&E waiting times” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for A&E & ambulance response
Verbatim
“It will put an end to staff working in cramped conditions and create a better clinical environment”
“This is a landmark moment for our residents and our staff.”
“Reducing waits for everyone is our top priority and we're doing everything we can, including introducing a new route to initial assessment, getting patients treated an average of 37 minutes quicker. And initiatives to keep frail, older patients out of A&E where possible; 70 per cent of calls to our frailty line, staffed by geriatricians, have avoided A&E attendance; and our Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (FSDEC) unit is helping reduce the number of older patients on our corridors.”
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