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Academic
Helen Atherton
Professor at the University of Southampton, study co-lead
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 20 Jan 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Helen Atherton: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Professor at the University of Southampton, study co-lead
- Quoted on
- GP access
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 23 Jan 2026
- First quoted
- 20 Jan 2026
04 On the record · press
What Helen Atherton has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- bbc.co.uk
- dailyecho.co.uk
Where Helen Atherton has been quoted
- GP access impeded by national systems, study findsbbc.co.uk · 23 Jan 2026
- Southampton university study finds GP booking systems causing confusiondailyecho.co.uk · 20 Jan 2026
How we found the articles that name Helen Atherton: we searched news for these terms.
- GP access
- general practice
- GP appointments
- primary care access
- GP shortage
Also searched with “GP access” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for GP access
Verbatim
“A better approach would be to allow individual general practices to do what works for their population”
“General practices are constantly tinkering and amending their access systems to try to make them work for their patients. They should be supported to do that.”
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