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Clinician
Dr Jess Sokolov
Regional Medical Director for the NHS England in the Midlands
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Quoted in the press, across 2 topics since 15 Jan 2026
02 Quoted on · 2 of 29 topics
Dr Jess Sokolov: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Regional Medical Director for the NHS England in the Midlands
- Quoted on
- NHS waiting lists, Mental health
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 6 Aug 2026
- First quoted
- 15 Jan 2026
04 The signal · where Dr Jess Sokolov sits on nhs waiting lists
Quoted
Quoted in the press on nhs waiting lists.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Tim GardnerThink tankDeputy Director of Policy, The Health FoundationLeading
Prof Meghana PanditRegulatorDeputy Chief Executive Officer (NHS England) / Chief Executive Officer (Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)Leading
Sarah WoolnoughThink tankChief Executive, The King's FundLeading- Professor Tim ThorntonAcademicDeputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Huddersfield
- Dr Michelle Le CheminantClinicianChair, Medical Specialist Group (MSG)
- Dr Jess SokolovClinicianRegional Medical Director for the NHS England in the Midlands
- Andy HardyAcademicProfessor, Chief Executive Officer, UHCW NHS Trust
- Richard EvansSector leaderDeputy Chief Executive and Medical Director
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05 On the record · press
What Dr Jess Sokolov has said
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- sath.nhs.uk
- stratfordobserver.co.uk
- westbridgfordwire.com
Where Dr Jess Sokolov has been quoted
- Four new NHS mental health emergency departments planned for East Midlandswestbridgfordwire.com · 6 Aug 2026
- Waiting list for operations in the Midlands falls by more than 90,000 in a yearstratfordobserver.co.uk · 24 May 2026
- Waiting lists fall by more than three times national average in Midlands as SaTH reduces waiting times by a thirdsath.nhs.uk · 15 Jan 2026
How we found the articles that name Dr Jess Sokolov: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 2 topics
NHS waiting lists
- NHS waiting list
- waiting list
- elective waiting times
- elective recovery
- elective backlog
- waiting list backlog
- referral to treatment
- RTT
Also searched with “NHS waiting list” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for NHS waiting lists
Mental health
- mental health
- mental health services
- CAMHS
- psychiatric
- suicide prevention
- mental health crisis
- talking therapies
- IAPT
Also searched with “mental health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Mental health
Verbatim
“the centres would give people access to mental health support closer to home and provide specialist care for those requiring urgent help”
“Delays to planned procedures have a massive human cost in terms of the growing loss of independence or risk of accidents as a patient's health deteriorates.”
“We're committed to reducing waiting times for local patients not just because faster treatment offers massive improvements to quality of life. But also because we see fewer patients needing urgent and emergency care when their health deteriorates waiting for much-needed surgery.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
- I am more than my pain: Thinking about mental health as a trans Autistic personCentre for Mental Health
- Social care: Burnham’s National Care Service has no offer yet for working-age adultsLearning Disability Today
- More than one in three young people report mental health challenges in surveyNorthampton Chronicle and Echo
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