03 Profile
Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Helen Murdoch: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Helen Murdoch
Homelessness lead for Scotland, The Salvation Army
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press citations on 1 topic since 23 Dec 2025 · last quoted 23 Dec 2025
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Helen Murdoch: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Homelessness lead for Scotland, The Salvation Army
- Quoted on
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 23 Dec 2025
04 The signal · where Helen Murdoch sits on hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Ranked 15= of 100 voices quoted in the press on hospital discharge / bed-blocking, level with 14 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1=
Dr Ian HigginsonClinicianPresident, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)6 - 1=
Caroline AbrahamsSector leaderCharity Director, Age UK6 - 3=Colin PoolmanSector leaderexecutive director of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland5
- 15=Anthony ClarkeClinicianDr, chair of the Bridlington Health Forum2
- 15=Stephen BoyleSector leaderauditor general for Scotland2
- 15=Helen MurdochSector leaderHomelessness lead for Scotland, The Salvation Army2
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Prof Nicola RangerUnionGeneral Secretary and Chief Executive, Royal College of Nursing1 - 30=
Steph LawrenceSector leaderChief Executive, The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing (QICN, formerly the Queen's Nursing Institute)1
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05 On the record · press
What Helen Murdoch has said
By outlet · linked articles
- heraldscotland.com2
Where Helen Murdoch has been quoted
- 01Scot tells of rough sleeping risk after hospital discharge | The Heraldheraldscotland.com · 23 Dec 2025
- 02From ward to street: One patient a day leaves Scots hospitals with no homeheraldscotland.com · 23 Dec 2025
Verbatim
“This is why the new 'ask and act' duty matters. It makes sure there's a clear process when someone leaves hospital, giving them the opportunity to have somewhere safe and secure to live, a space where they can be supported and have the chance to thrive.”
“No one should leave hospital without somewhere safe to go. Discharging someone when they have no secure accommodation does not only put them at risk of sleeping rough, it puts their health and recovery in jeopardy.”
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