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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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James Cotton: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
James Cotton
Executive medical director, NHS Tayside
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press citations on 1 topic since 29 Sept 2026 · last quoted 29 Sept 2026
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James Cotton: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Executive medical director, NHS Tayside
- Quoted on
- Medical ethics & regulation
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 29 Sept 2026
04 The signal · where James Cotton sits on medical ethics & regulation
Ranked 19= of 100 voices quoted in the press on medical ethics & regulation, level with 16 others on 3 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Charlie MasseyRegulatorChief Executive and Registrar, General Medical Council18 - 2Dr Manjeet ShehmarClinicianMedical Director, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust17
- 3
Arthur CaplanAcademicProfessor Emeritus and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine (NYU Langone Health)12 - 19=Adam ChestersClinicianFormer consultant in emergency medicine and pre-hospital emergency medicine, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust3
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Matthew WyniaAcademicDirector, Center for Bioethics and Humanities; Professor of Medicine and of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (Center for Bioethics and Humanities)3 - 19=James CottonClinicianExecutive medical director, NHS Tayside3
- 19=Rhiannon Mihranian OsborneClinicianDoctor, researcher and political campaigner3
- 19=Rory GibsonClinicianresident doctor3
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05 On the record · press
What James Cotton has said
By outlet · linked articles
- dailyrecord.co.uk1
- heraldscotland.com1
- irishnews.com1
Where James Cotton has been quoted
- 01NHS Tayside 'should have' stopped disgraced brain surgeon years ago, inquiry toldirishnews.com · 29 Sept 2026
- 02NHS should have sacked disgraced surgeon Sam Eljamel years earlier, inquiry tolddailyrecord.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026
- 03NHS Tayside 'should have' sacked disgraced brain surgeon years ago, inquiry toldheraldscotland.com · 29 Sept 2026
Verbatim
“Yes, I don't think he should have been. I think if I was to make that decision today, I would not let him operate.”
“It could and should have happened, yes.”
“It could and should have happened, yes.”
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