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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Academic · A&E & ambulance response
Dr James Gagg: no photograph is held, so the academic plate is shown instead.
Academic
Dr James Gagg
Vice president, Royal College of Emergency Medicine
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press citations on 1 topic since 22 Apr 2026 · last quoted 28 Jul 2026
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Dr James Gagg: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Vice president, Royal College of Emergency Medicine
- Quoted on
- A&E & ambulance response
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 28 Jul 2026
- First quoted
- 22 Apr 2026
04 The signal · where Dr James Gagg sits on a&e & ambulance response
Ranked 36= of 100 voices quoted in the press on a&e & ambulance response, level with 20 others on 4 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)84 - 2
Prof Nicola RangerUnionGeneral Secretary and Chief Executive, Royal College of Nursing75 - 3=
Prof Frankie SwordsRegulatorNational Medical Director, NHS England / Department of Health and Social Care20 - 36=Chris StortonRegulatorDeputy Director of Hospitals (North East), Care Quality Commission4
- 36=John HunterClinicianDr, chief medical officer at East Cheshire NHS Trust4
- 36=Dr James GaggAcademicVice president, Royal College of Emergency Medicine4
- 36=John MartinAcademicChief executive of South Western Ambulance Service4
- 57=Dr Helen NearyUnionCo-Chair, UK Consultants Committee, British Medical Association (BMA)3
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 36=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Dr James Gagg has said
By outlet · linked articles
- aol.co.uk1
- bournemouthecho.co.uk1
- independent.co.uk1
- mirror.co.uk1
Where Dr James Gagg has been quoted
- 01400,000 A&E visits for minor eye conditions could be avoided, research revealsbournemouthecho.co.uk · 28 Jul 2026
- 02People turning up at A&E with eye complaints opticians will treat for freemirror.co.uk · 27 Jul 2026
- 03Hundreds of people turning up at A&E with eye complaints opticians would treat for free - AOLaol.co.uk · 27 Jul 2026
- 04Alarm as thousands of patients in England waited over three days in A&E last yearindependent.co.uk · 22 Apr 2026
Verbatim
“It's no secret that Emergency Departments (EDs) in England are under immense pressure at the moment, and we know our patients are being let down due to overcrowding and unacceptably long waits.”
“We would welcome better-resourced community eye care, which could help deflect demand from A&E, accompanied by further measures from government to tackle the root causes of overcrowding and corridor care elsewhere in the system.”
“It's no secret that emergency departments in England are under immense pressure at the moment, and we know our patients are being let down due to overcrowding and unacceptably long waits.”
“This is where harm is occurring; this is where we know patients have worse mortality due to the delays that occur in care.”
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