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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Clinician
Garth Reid
Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Scotland
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press citations on 1 topic since 24 Mar 2026 · last quoted 10 Jul 2026
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Garth Reid: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Scotland
- Quoted on
- Public health & prevention
- Tracked press citations
- 6
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Jul 2026
- First quoted
- 24 Mar 2026
04 The signal · where Garth Reid sits on public health & prevention
Ranked 21= of 100 voices quoted in the press on public health & prevention, level with 4 others on 6 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1=
Prof Meghana PanditRegulatorDeputy Chief Executive Officer (NHS England) / Chief Executive Officer (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)17 - 1=
Sir Chris WhittyRegulatorChief Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government, Department of Health and Social Care17 - 3
Professor Victoria Tzortziou BrownClinicianChair of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)15 - 21=Prof Sir Ian GilmoreClinicianChair, Alcohol Health Alliance UK6
- 21=Dr Tom NuttSector leaderchief executive of charity Meningitis Now6
- 21=Garth ReidClinicianConsultant in Public Health, Public Health Scotland6
- 26=Dr Claire FullerClinicianNational Medical Director, NHS England5
- 26=
Greg FellAcademicPresident of the Association of Directors of Public Health5
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 21=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Garth Reid has said
By outlet · linked articles
- deadlinenews.co.uk3
- caithness-business.co.uk1
- heraldscotland.com1
- news.stv.tv1
Where Garth Reid has been quoted
- 01Vapes face plain packaging amid tougher rules to protect childrennews.stv.tv · 10 Jul 2026
- 02Action On Vapescaithness-business.co.uk · 10 Jul 2026
- 03Scottish Government launches crackdown on vape packagingdeadlinenews.co.uk · 10 Jul 2026
- 04Second-hand smoke exposure down 96% since smoking ban, study showsdeadlinenews.co.uk · 26 Mar 2026
- 05Second-hand exposure down 96 per cent since Scotland's smoking banheraldscotland.com · 25 Mar 2026
- 06Twenty years of the smoking ban in Scotland makes meaningful change - Deadline Newsdeadlinenews.co.uk · 24 Mar 2026
Verbatim
“We strongly support the ambition to reduce the appeal, accessibility and normalisation of products that cause significant harm to population health.”
“We strongly support the ambition to reduce the appeal, accessibility and normalisation of products that cause significant harm to population health.”
“We strongly support the ambition to reduce the appeal, accessibility and normalisation of products that cause significant harm to population health.”
“Smoking is one of the biggest causes of ill health and premature death in Scotland.”
“Smoking is one of the biggest causes of ill health and premature death in Scotland. Thanks to the smoking ban we have historically low smoking rates in Scotland, and we're keen to encourage more people to give up smoking as we progress to becoming smoke-free in 2034.”
“Smoking is one of the biggest causes of ill health and premature death in Scotland. Thanks to the smoking ban we have historically low smoking rates in Scotland, and we're keen to encourage more people to give up smoking as we progress to becoming smoke-free in 2034.”
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Doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and other registered clinicians quoted in a clinical capacity. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 12 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.