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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · NHS & care workforce/staffing
Glyn Smurthwaite: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Glyn Smurthwaite
Retired consultant doctor, former consultant at Salford Royal
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press citations on 2 topics since 22 Aug 2026 · last quoted 13 Oct 2026
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Glyn Smurthwaite: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Retired consultant doctor, former consultant at Salford Royal
- Tracked press citations
- 5
- Most recently quoted
- 13 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 22 Aug 2026
04 The signal · where Glyn Smurthwaite sits on nhs & care workforce/staffing
Ranked 57= of 100 voices quoted in the press on nhs & care workforce/staffing, level with 24 others on 4 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- NHS waiting lists48= of 100
- 1
Dr Jack FletcherUnionChair, UK Resident Doctors Committee, British Medical Association (BMA)154 - 2
Prof Nicola RangerUnionGeneral Secretary and Chief Executive, Royal College of Nursing152 - 3
Professor Martin Green OBESector leaderChief Executive, Care England31 - 57=Dr James ThomasClinicianMedical Director at NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board4
- 57=Richard FieldhouseAcademicChair, National Association of Sessional GPs (NASGP)4
- 57=Glyn SmurthwaiteClinicianRetired consultant doctor, former consultant at Salford Royal4
- 57=Dr Catherine HayhurstAcademicCo-chair of the RCEM quality in emergency care committee4
- 57=Julie RichardsSector leaderRCM Wales director4
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 57=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Glyn Smurthwaite has said
By outlet · linked articles
- manchestereveningnews.co.uk4
- burytimes.co.uk1
Where Glyn Smurthwaite has been quoted
- 01Inside Northern Care Alliance: The NHS trust in turmoilmanchestereveningnews.co.uk · 13 Oct 2026
- 02Failings, strikes and the questions facing the a crisis-hit NHS Trustmanchestereveningnews.co.uk · 30 Aug 2026
- 03Crisis-hit hospital trust declares critical incident with staff set to strikemanchestereveningnews.co.uk · 23 Aug 2026
- 04Dozens of avoidable deaths, and 'more could come' at scandal-hit NHS trustmanchestereveningnews.co.uk · 23 Aug 2026
- 05Retired consultant warns of more avoidable deaths without change at hospital trustburytimes.co.uk · 22 Aug 2026
Verbatim
“It's completely ineffective. It's not an ineffective system, it's ineffective because the people who run it are ineffective.”
“I've been a campaigner ever since because the place is utterly unsafe, and it's led by an utterly incompetent out of touch board who don't have a clue what's happening on the shop floor.”
“utterly unsafe' and 'toxic'”
“I've been a campaigner ever since because the place is utterly unsafe, and it's led by an utterly incompetent out of touch board who don't have a clue what's happening on the shop floor.”
“I've been a campaigner ever since because the place is utterly unsafe, and it's led by an utterly incompetent, out-of-touch board who don't have a clue what's happening on the shop floor.”
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