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Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Academic
Hugh Watkins
Professor, Oxford University (British Heart Foundation)
Sept 2026Oct 2026Nov 2026to date
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 27 Sept 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Hugh Watkins: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Professor, Oxford University (British Heart Foundation)
- Quoted on
- Heart disease & stroke
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 1 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Sept 2026
04 The signal · where Hugh Watkins sits on heart disease & stroke
Regularly cited
One of the voices most often quoted in the press on heart disease & stroke.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Professor Bryan WilliamsSector leaderChief Scientific and Medical Officer, British Heart Foundation (BHF)Leading- Dr Francesco Lo MonacoAcademicCardiologist, founder of the National Longevity ClinicLeading
Dr Sonya Babu-NarayanClinicianClinical Director, British Heart FoundationLeading- Sai SamayamanthulaAcademicStudy author and fourth-year medical student at the University of Virginia School of MedicineRegularly cited
- Dr Lynn ThomasClinicianMedical director at St John AmbulanceRegularly cited
- Hugh WatkinsAcademicProfessor, Oxford University (British Heart Foundation)Regularly cited
- Jonathan HasletonClinicianConsultant cardiologistRegularly cited
- Prof Nicholas MillsAcademicCardiologist at the University of EdinburghRegularly cited
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05 On the record · press
What Hugh Watkins has said
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- express.co.uk
- mirror.co.uk
- nottinghampost.com
- thesun.co.uk
Where Hugh Watkins has been quoted
- I almost died of cardiac arrest after blaming 'buzzing' on energy drinksthesun.co.uk · 1 Oct 2026
- Nottingham teen almost died after thinking 'buzz' was energy drinknottinghampost.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Doctors didn't think healthy teen would survive after collapse playing sportmirror.co.uk · 1 Oct 2026
- I met the scientist racing to cure my deadly heart conditionexpress.co.uk · 27 Sept 2026
How we found the articles that name Hugh Watkins: we searched news for these terms.
- heart disease
- cardiovascular
- stroke
- cardiac
- heart attack
- stroke rehabilitation
Also searched with “heart disease” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Heart disease & stroke
Verbatim
“[The gene] is one that I discovered when I was early in my research career in 1995, and I've got scientists in the lab working on the exact gene change that you have and are trying to find ways to fix it.”
“[The gene] is one that I discovered when I was early in my research career in 1995, and I've got scientists in the lab working on the exact gene change that you have and are trying to find ways to fix it.”
“[The gene] is one that I discovered when I was early in my research career in 1995, and I've got scientists in the lab working on the exact gene change that you have and are trying to find ways to fix it.”
“By the time Jack has kids, say they inherit the gene change, I really hope by that time we'll have found a cure.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
- Heart Charity Calls for National Strategy to Prevent Sudden DeathsCharity Today News
- Stroke treatment callsDnG24
- Stopping GLP-1s linked to twice the risk of heart attack, stroke or death in type 2 diabetesThe Pharmaceutical Journal
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