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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Rare diseases
Gerry Gogarty: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Gerry Gogarty
Director of blood supply, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT)
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press citations on 1 topic since 17 Aug 2026 · last quoted 6 Sept 2026
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Gerry Gogarty: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Director of blood supply, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT)
- Quoted on
- Rare diseases
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 6 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 17 Aug 2026
04 The signal · where Gerry Gogarty sits on rare diseases
Ranked 25= of 100 voices quoted in the press on rare diseases, level with 23 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1Giles LomaxSector leaderChief Executive Officer, Spinal Muscular Atrophy UK (SMA UK)9
- 2Dr Harrison CarterAcademicDirector of Screening at NHS England8
- 3=
Prof Dame Sue HillRegulatorChief Scientific Officer for England and Senior Responsible Officer for Genomics, NHS England7 - 25=Emil Kakkis, M.D., Ph.D.AcademicCEO of Ultragenyx2
- 25=Sarah CollinsClinicianresearch lead midwife based at Hull Women and Children's Hospital2
- 25=Gerry GogartySector leaderDirector of blood supply, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT)2
- 25=Iain HorrocksClinicianConsultant Paediatric Neurologist at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde2
- 25=Julie ThompsonSector leaderInformation Manager, Guts UK2
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 25=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Gerry Gogarty has said
By outlet · linked articles
- independent.co.uk1
- mylondon.news1
Where Gerry Gogarty has been quoted
- 01NHS issues urgent appeal for blood donors as fears grow over sickle cell treatmentindependent.co.uk · 6 Sept 2026
- 02'I didn't think I would make it beyond 30 - blood donations have changed that'mylondon.news · 17 Aug 2026
Verbatim
“With improvements to both diagnosis and treatment of sickle cell over the past twenty years, we now have more people with sickle cell reliant on regular blood transfusions than ever before.”
“Nikki's story demonstrates the extraordinary difference blood donation makes every single day.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
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- 'Immoral lottery' - Mum's plea after losing daughter to rare diseasethewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. 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.