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Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam: no photograph is held, so the academic plate is shown instead.
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Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam
Deputy director for immunisation at UKHSA
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press citations on 1 topic since 11 Nov 2025 · last quoted 29 Jun 2026
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Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Deputy director for immunisation at UKHSA
- Quoted on
- Public health & prevention
- Tracked press citations
- 8
- Most recently quoted
- 29 Jun 2026
- First quoted
- 11 Nov 2025
04 The signal · where Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam sits on public health & prevention
Ranked 11= of 100 voices quoted in the press on public health & prevention, level with 2 others on 10 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Sir Chris WhittyRegulatorChief Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government, Department of Health and Social Care39 - 2Anya GopfertClinicianConsultant in public health, UKHSA35
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Prof Meghana PanditRegulatorDeputy Chief Executive Officer (NHS England) / Chief Executive Officer (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)17 - 11=
Prof Frankie SwordsRegulatorNational Medical Director, NHS England / Department of Health and Social Care10 - 11=Nazir HussainClinicianClinical Lead at Asthma + Lung UK10
- 11=Dr Gayatri AmirthalingamAcademicDeputy director for immunisation at UKHSA10
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Prof Chris GriffithsAcademicProfessor of Primary Care, Queen Mary University of London (Wolfson Institute of Population Health); also affiliated with the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford9 - 14=Gregor SmithAcademicChief Medical Officer9
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05 On the record · press
What Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam has said
By outlet · linked articles
- nursinginpractice.com3
- nursingtimes.net2
- pulsetoday.co.uk2
- gponline.com1
Where Dr Gayatri Amirthalingam has been quoted
- 01MenB jab uptake in babies increases but ‘significant’ variation for MMRV, early data shows | Nursing in Practicenursinginpractice.com · 29 Jun 2026
- 02GP switch to MMRV vaccine successful, suggests early uptake datapulsetoday.co.uk · 26 Jun 2026
- 03Government launches fresh bid to boost measles vaccination levels | Nursing Timesnursingtimes.net · 16 Feb 2026
- 04Which parts of England are furthest behind as child vaccine PR campaign begins? | GPonlinegponline.com · 16 Feb 2026
- 05Primary care nurses begin chickenpox immunisation for young children | Nursing Timesnursingtimes.net · 5 Jan 2026
- 06GP practices to begin offering chickenpox vaccination | Nursing in Practicenursinginpractice.com · 2 Jan 2026
- 07‘Strong uptake’ of whooping cough vaccine in pregnancy | Nursing in Practicenursinginpractice.com · 22 Dec 2025
- 08Patients with long-term conditions urged to ask GP about flu vaccine eligibilitypulsetoday.co.uk · 11 Nov 2025
Verbatim
“Childhood vaccines save lives. They are highly effective, free on the NHS and every dose matters.”
“Giving the second MenB dose earlier means babies are now protected against meningococcal B disease a full month earlier in life.”
“A decade of falling vaccination rates means that many children remain unprotected from serious but preventable diseases.”
“A decade of falling vaccination rates means that many children remain unprotected from serious but preventable diseases. Measles, whooping cough and other diseases spread quickly in unvaccinated children and can have devastating consequences. The NHS childhood vaccination programme offers the best protection to children against 13 diseases.”
“This vaccine has been used extensively for many years in a number of countries and has been shown to be highly effective with a good safety profile.”
“Beyond the health risks, chickenpox also places a significant burden on families. Parents often need to take time off work to care for their sick child, and children miss valuable time at school or nursery.”
“We want to ensure every expectant mother is offered the vaccine at the optimal time and understands that this vaccine is the best way to protect their baby during those crucial first weeks after birth,”
“Every year we see many thousands of people with a long-term health condition being seriously ill in hospital from flu and tragically too many dying, when for many this could be potentially prevented by vaccination.”
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