Dr Heather Grimbaldeston: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- BMA public health medicine committee chair
- Quoted on
- Health inequalities, Public health & prevention, Children's health
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“Relying on voluntary measures has failed, and responsibility cannot be placed solely on families when unhealthy food is so heavily promoted and long promised protections for children have been repeatedly delayed.”
What Dr Heather Grimbaldeston has said
“Public health consultants are vital to the work of improving the health of local communities, protecting the health of the population as a whole and planning and designing health services.”
BMA public health medicine committee chair · Public health & prevention · 30 Sept 2026 · BMA calls on Government to protect public health consultants ↗
“Doctors see every day how poverty, deprivation and unequal access to healthcare shape a child's chances long before they become seriously ill.”
BMA public health medicine committee chair · Children's health · 30 Sept 2026 · BMA responds to RCPCH's State of Child Health 2026 report ↗
Where Dr Heather Grimbaldeston has been quoted
- Doctors warn that ultra processed foods are contributing to rising levels of preventable diseases and obesitybma.org.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- BMA calls on Government to protect public health consultantsbma.org.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- BMA responds to RCPCH's State of Child Health 2026 reportbma.org.uk · 30 Sept 2026
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