03 Profile
Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Jessica Barton
Lead faster diagnosis nurse, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 3 Jul 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Jessica Barton: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Lead faster diagnosis nurse, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
- Quoted on
- Cancer
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 3 Jul 2026
04 The signal · where Jessica Barton sits on cancer
Regularly cited
One of the voices most often quoted in the press on cancer.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Prof Peter JohnsonClinicianNational Clinical Director for Cancer, NHS EnglandLeading
Michelle MitchellSector leaderChief Executive, Cancer Research UKLeading
Professor Victoria Tzortziou BrownClinicianChair of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)Leading- Alix Aitken-ArbuckleClinicianDoctor of midwifery, NHS Lothian and Edinburgh Napier UniversityRegularly cited
- Rob CaudwellClinicianDr; director of Southport and Formby Primary Care NetworkRegularly cited
- Jessica BartonClinicianLead faster diagnosis nurse, Somerset NHS Foundation TrustRegularly cited
- Dr Rachna ShroffClinicianChief, Division of Hematology and Oncology; Associate Director of Clinical Investigations, University of Arizona Cancer CenterRegularly cited
- Kevin HarringtonClinicianProfessor of Biological Cancer Therapies; Head of the Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, LondonRegularly cited
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05 On the record · press
What Jessica Barton has said
- bridgwatermercury.co.uk
- burnhamandhighbridgeweeklynews.co.uk
- somersetcountygazette.co.uk
Where Jessica Barton has been quoted
- Somerset cancer diagnosis scheme shortlisted for national awardburnhamandhighbridgeweeklynews.co.uk · 3 Jul 2026
- Somerset cancer self-referral scheme earns national recognitionsomersetcountygazette.co.uk · 3 Jul 2026
- National recognition for Somerset cancer self-referral programmebridgwatermercury.co.uk · 3 Jul 2026
How we found the articles that name Jessica Barton: we searched news for these terms.
- cancer
- cancer treatment
- cancer screening
- cancer waiting times
- oncology
- chemotherapy
- radiotherapy
- cancer diagnosis
Also searched with “cancer” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Cancer
Verbatim
“Most importantly, we've been able to identify cancers earlier, which gives patients a much better chance of successful treatment.”
“Most importantly, we've been able to identify cancers earlier, which gives patients a much better chance of successful treatment.”
“Most importantly, we've been able to identify cancers earlier, which gives patients a much better chance of successful treatment.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
Doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and other registered clinicians quoted in a clinical capacity. 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 12 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.