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Hansard to 13 November 2026 · 31,544 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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James Martin: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
James Martin
Strategic Head of Primary Care, North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 4 Mar 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
James Martin: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Strategic Head of Primary Care, North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board
- Quoted on
- GP access
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 4 Mar 2026
04 On the record · press
What James Martin has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- chroniclelive.co.uk
Where James Martin has been quoted
- Northumberland councillor warns difficulties contacting GPs for appointments could cost liveschroniclelive.co.uk · 4 Mar 2026
How we found the articles that name James Martin: 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
“Nearly one in two say they struggle to get in touch with their GP practice. That's a huge number, that is not a small amount. That is something that needs to be worked on.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
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- MP backs calls for older people to have better access to their GPsHampshire Chronicle
Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 5 Oct 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.