03 Profile
Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · Palliative & end of life care
Dr John Firth
renal physician
press citations on 2 topics since 1 Sept 2026 · last quoted 1 Sept 2026
02 Quoted on · 2 of 29 topics
Dr John Firth: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- renal physician
- Quoted on
- Palliative & end of life care, Assisted dying
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 1 Sept 2026
04 The signal · where Dr John Firth sits on palliative & end of life care
Ranked 52= of 100 voices quoted in the press on palliative & end of life care, level with 48 others on 1 citation.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- Assisted dying29= of 100
- 1
Dr Sam RoystonSector leaderExecutive Director of Research and Policy, Marie Curie11 - 2
Toby PorterSector leaderChief Executive, Hospice UK9 - 3=
Professor Fliss MurtaghAcademicProfessor of Palliative Care, Hull York Medical School; Director, Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull (Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre)7 - 52=Anita HayesClinicianClinical Quality Lead, Hospice UK1
- 52=Gillian OakleyAcademicSenior Lecturer in Palliative Care, University of Lancashire1
- 52=Dr John FirthClinicianrenal physician1
- 52=Ilora FinlaySector leaderHouse of Lords1
- 52=Michael CarterAcademicpalliative care paramedic, Dougie Mac1
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05 On the record · press
What Dr John Firth has said
- aol.co.uk1
- theguardian.com1
Where Dr John Firth has been quoted
- 01Assisted dying, palliative care and patient choice | Letterstheguardian.com · 1 Sept 2026
- 02Assisted dying, palliative care and patient choice - AOLaol.co.uk · 1 Sept 2026
Verbatim
“It is essential that safeguards are incorporated into any legislation that allows a patient to choose an assisted death, but we must work out how to craft these safeguards, not deny patients a choice.”
“It is essential that safeguards are incorporated into any legislation that allows a patient to choose an assisted death, but we must work out how to craft these safeguards, not deny patients a choice.”
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