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01  Voice · Clinician · Palliative & end of life care

Dr John Firth: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician

Dr John Firth

renal physician

Press citations per month · linked articles
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press citations on 2 topics since 1 Sept 2026 · last quoted 1 Sept 2026

Dr John Firth: key facts

Kind of voice
Clinician
Role
renal physician
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.

  1. 1Dr Sam Royston portraitDr Sam RoystonSector leaderExecutive Director of Research and Policy, Marie Curie11
  2. 2Toby Porter portraitToby PorterSector leaderChief Executive, Hospice UK9
  3. 3=Professor Fliss Murtagh portraitProfessor 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
  4. 52=Anita HayesClinicianClinical Quality Lead, Hospice UK1
  5. 52=Gillian OakleyAcademicSenior Lecturer in Palliative Care, University of Lancashire1
  6. 52=Dr John FirthClinicianrenal physician1
  7. 52=Ilora FinlaySector leaderHouse of Lords1
  8. 52=Michael CarterAcademicpalliative care paramedic, Dougie Mac1

Showing the leaders and the ranks around 52=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →

05  On the record · press

What Dr John Firth has said

By outlet · linked articles
  • aol.co.uk1
  • theguardian.com1

Where Dr John Firth has been quoted

  1. 01Assisted dying, palliative care and patient choice | Letterstheguardian.com · 1 Sept 2026
  2. 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.”
renal physician · Palliative & end of life care · theguardian.com · 1 Sept 2026 · Read the article
“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.”
Renal physician (kidney doctor), Cambridge · Assisted dying · aol.co.uk · 1 Sept 2026 · Read the article

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