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01  Voice · Sector leader · GP access

Gareth Wright: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
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Gareth Wright

director of system improvement, co-ordination and emergency preparedness at the Integrated Care Board (ICB) covering Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire and Shropshire

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press citation on 1 topic since 9 Oct 2026 · last quoted 9 Oct 2026

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Gareth Wright: key facts

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Sector leader
Role
director of system improvement, co-ordination and emergency preparedness at the Integrated Care Board (ICB) covering Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire and Shropshire
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GP access
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9 Oct 2026

04  The signal · where Gareth Wright sits on gp access

Ranked 35= of 100 voices quoted in the press on gp access, level with 65 others on 1 citation.

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  1. 1Professor Victoria Tzortziou Brown portraitProfessor Victoria Tzortziou BrownClinicianChair of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)21
  2. 2Dr Katie Bramall portraitDr Katie BramallUnionImmediate past chair, BMA GP Committee for England; Chair, BMA GP Committee UK, British Medical Association12
  3. 3Dr Amanda Doyle portraitDr Amanda DoyleRegulatorNational Director for Primary Care and Community Services, NHS England11
  4. 35=Jason SutherlandAcademicProfessor in Health Services and Policy, University of British Columbia; director of the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research1
  5. 35=Sabrina WongAcademicProfessor at the University of British Columbia; Chief Scientific Officer, Canadian Primary Care Research consortium1
  6. 35=Gareth WrightSector leaderdirector of system improvement, co-ordination and emergency preparedness at the Integrated Care Board (ICB) covering Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire and Shropshire1
  7. 35=Mike GoodwinSector leaderdeputy chief operating officer at University Hospitals of North Midlands (UHNM) NHS Trust1
  8. 35=Professor Ewan MauleAcademicDirector of medicines at NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board1

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05  On the record · press

What Gareth Wright has said

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“We're not trying to tell people don't come to hospital if you need it. But what we are saying is there could be something better for you, getting seen more appropriately in a better setting.”
director of system improvement, co-ordination and emergency preparedness at the Integrated Care Board (ICB) covering Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire and Shropshire · GP access · stoke.nub.news · 9 Oct 2026 · Read the article

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