03 Profile
Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · Maternity & neonatal
Joanna Garstang: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Joanna Garstang
Consultant paediatrician and expert witness
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press citations on 1 topic since 23 Mar 2026 · last quoted 23 Mar 2026
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Joanna Garstang: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Consultant paediatrician and expert witness
- Quoted on
- Maternity & neonatal
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 23 Mar 2026
04 The signal · where Joanna Garstang sits on maternity & neonatal
Ranked 65= of 100 voices quoted in the press on maternity & neonatal, level with 24 others on 4 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
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Donna OckendenClinicianChair of Independent Maternity Reviews; Director, Donna Ockenden Limited115 - 2
Vanessa PurdayClinicianChief Medical Officer, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust25 - 3
Gill WaltonUnionChief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Midwives (RCM)24 - 65=Melissa DowdeswellSector leaderDirector of nursing and integrated care, Healthcare Improvement Scotland4
- 65=Helena BrownAcademicMatron for maternity inpatient services at the RLI4
- 65=Joanna GarstangClinicianConsultant paediatrician and expert witness4
- 65=Lynne PatersonClinicianNurse consultant4
- 65=Tim TaylorClinicianDr, chief of service for the Women and Children's division at UHSussex4
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 65=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Joanna Garstang has said
By outlet · linked articles
- chroniclelive.co.uk1
- dailyrecord.co.uk1
- liverpoolecho.co.uk1
- manchestereveningnews.co.uk1
Where Joanna Garstang has been quoted
- 01Coroner demands action after death of Steve Bruce's four‑month‑old grandsondailyrecord.co.uk · 23 Mar 2026
- 02Urgent warning after tragic death of Steve Bruce's baby grandsonliverpoolecho.co.uk · 23 Mar 2026
- 03Tragic death of Manchester United great Steve Bruce's grandsonmanchestereveningnews.co.uk · 23 Mar 2026
- 04Urgent call for action over death of ex-Newcastle boss Steve Bruce's grandsonchroniclelive.co.uk · 23 Mar 2026
Verbatim
“distinctly lacking”
“trying to sleep train”
“distinctly lacking”
“Ms Asare and Ms Clements had no professional training and were not following NHS guidance. She agreed the course Ms Asare was offering was 'distinctly lacking' and made no mention of safe sleeping.”
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 13 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.