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Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Dr John Ribchester: no photograph is held, so the academic plate is shown instead.
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Dr John Ribchester
clinical director at Whitstable Medical Practice
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Quoted in the press, across 3 topics since 30 Sept 2025
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Dr John Ribchester: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- clinical director at Whitstable Medical Practice
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 26 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 30 Sept 2025
04 The signal · where Dr John Ribchester sits on learning disability & autism
Quoted
Quoted in the press on learning disability & autism.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Jon SparkesSector leaderChief Executive, Royal Mencap SocietyLeading
Professor Peter FonagyAcademicProfessor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science; Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (UCL)Leading
Sir Simon WesselyAcademicRegius Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College LondonLeading- Dr Ed CettiAcademicchief medical officer at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Prof Claire TaylorSector leaderVice Chancellor and Chief Executive of Marjon University
- Dr John RibchesterAcademicclinical director at Whitstable Medical Practice
- Helen Tager-FlusbergAcademicdirector of the BU Center for Autism Research Excellence and a CAS professor emerita of psychological and brain sciences
- Jagdish BasraClinicianDr, psychiatrist and host of Unmasked with Dr Basra
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05 On the record · press
What Dr John Ribchester has said
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- kentonline.co.uk
- bbc.co.uk
- gponline.com
Where Dr John Ribchester has been quoted
- Kent NHS autism and ADHD spend rises to £29m amid growing demandbbc.co.uk · 26 Oct 2026
- Why has Kent's NHS bill for autism and ADHD soared 45-fold in two years?kentonline.co.uk · 25 Oct 2026
- Neighbourhoods need longer-term funding guarantees | GPonlinegponline.com · 8 May 2026
- Fit to leave – but trapped for months: The patients stranded in Kent’s hospitalskentonline.co.uk · 30 Sept 2025
How we found the articles that name Dr John Ribchester: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 3 topics
Learning disability & autism
- learning disability
- autism
- autistic
- SEND
- EHCP
- special educational needs
- ADHD
- Down's syndrome
Also searched with “learning disability” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Learning disability & autism
GP access
- GP access
- general practice
- GP appointments
- primary care access
- GP shortage
Also searched with “GP access” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for GP access
Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- hospital discharge
- delayed discharge
- bed blocking
- bed-blocking
- discharge to assess
- delayed transfers of care
- discharge delays
- step-down care
Also searched with “hospital discharge” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Verbatim
“It would be great if the NHS could recruit an awful lot more clinicians, but at the moment they're not able to do that so help from the private sector is needed.”
“There's a massive expansion of diagnoses and cost as well.”
“That's a big risk for general practice because if, at the end of a year, the commissioner of the day decides "I don't want to do this anymore", then we have a huge redundancy bill, we have empty space and unused equipment”
“If someone's requiring a degree of care, either a package of care for their home or indeed to go on to a care home, then an assessment has to be done by KCC social services. And with the best will in the world, there probably aren't enough people on the ground to do it in a timely fashion, so people are kept in a place of safety, i.e. a hospital... Those are the sort of things that the process requires for someone to be safely discharged, and unfortunately, it takes more time than any of us would like.”
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