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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Jane Macdonell: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Jane Macdonell
Mother of Harris Macdonell; paediatric consultant for 30 years
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press citations on 1 topic since 19 May 2026 · last quoted 19 May 2026
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Jane Macdonell: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Mother of Harris Macdonell; paediatric consultant for 30 years
- Quoted on
- Mental health
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 19 May 2026
04 The signal · where Jane Macdonell sits on mental health
Ranked 38= of 100 voices quoted in the press on mental health, level with 62 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
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Professor Peter FonagyAcademicProfessor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science; Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (UCL)22 - 2
Dr Sarah HughesSector leaderChief Executive, Mind (The National Association for Mental Health)10 - 3=Dr Sam JonesClinicianOfficer for Mental Health, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)7
- 38=Dr Colette HalpinAcademicconsultant child and adolescent psychiatrist2
- 38=Dr Lee HudsonClinicianSenior author from UCL and Great Ormond Street Hospital2
- 38=Jane MacdonellClinicianMother of Harris Macdonell; paediatric consultant for 30 years2
- 38=Dr Livia MartucciClinicianChair, Royal College of Psychiatrists' perinatal faculty2
- 38=Dr Guy NorthoverClinicianChair of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Royal College of Psychiatrists2
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05 On the record · press
What Jane Macdonell has said
By outlet · linked articles
- dailyrecord.co.uk1
- edinburghlive.co.uk1
Where Jane Macdonell has been quoted
- 01Scottish mum hits out over number of children in adult psychiatric wards after son's deathedinburghlive.co.uk · 19 May 2026
- 02"No place for kids" Mum hits out over children sent to adult psychiatric wardsdailyrecord.co.uk · 19 May 2026
Verbatim
“Young people need to be in environments where they feel safe because the mental health services in Harris' case did more harm than good.”
“We know the damage these environments cause to young people, so I'm extremely concerned by this rise in numbers.”
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