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Hansard to 13 November 2026 · 31,544 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · Maternity & neonatal
John Harden: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
John Harden
National Clinical Lead for Quality and Safety
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Quoted in the press, across 2 topics since 21 Dec 2025
02 Quoted on · 2 of 29 topics
John Harden: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- National Clinical Lead for Quality and Safety
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 31 Dec 2025
- First quoted
- 21 Dec 2025
04 On the record · press
What John Harden has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- scotsman.com
Where John Harden has been quoted
- SNP accused of 'abysmal' workforce planning over unfilled midwifery shiftsscotsman.com · 31 Dec 2025
- SNP must get their act together over Scotland's 'deteriorating' maternity servicesscotsman.com · 21 Dec 2025
- Private meeting hears Scotland's maternity services 'deteriorating', official warnsscotsman.com · 21 Dec 2025
How we found the articles that name John Harden: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 2 topics
Maternity & neonatal
- maternity
- maternity services
- maternity care
- neonatal
- stillbirth
- maternal mortality
- midwifery
- midwife
Also searched with “maternity” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Maternity & neonatal
NHS & care workforce/staffing
- NHS workforce
- staff shortages
- nursing shortage
- nurse recruitment
- care workforce
- care worker pay
- social care workforce
- NHS long term workforce plan
Also searched with “NHS workforce” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for NHS & care workforce/staffing
Verbatim
“flat or deteriorating picture”
“maternity and neonatal services present a flat or deteriorating picture, with a continued increase in C-section rates and associated complications”
“flat or deteriorating picture”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
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