03 Profile
Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · Palliative & end of life care
Dr John Smith: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Dr John Smith
Retired consultant in palliative medicine
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press citations on 2 topics since 14 Nov 2025 · last quoted 26 May 2026
02 Quoted on · 2 of 29 topics
Dr John Smith: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Retired consultant in palliative medicine
- Quoted on
- Palliative & end of life care, Dementia
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 26 May 2026
- First quoted
- 14 Nov 2025
04 The signal · where Dr John Smith sits on palliative & end of life care
Ranked 69= of 100 voices quoted in the press on palliative & end of life care, level with 31 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1Vicki GreensmithAcademicDirector of Clinical Services at Martin House17
- 2Julie McFaddenClinicianHospice nurse with 16 years of experience16
- 3
Dr Sam RoystonSector leaderExecutive Director of Research and Policy, Marie Curie15 - 69=Carolyn BellSector leaderExecutive Director of Aged Care at Silverchain2
- 69=Dr Laura ChapmanClinicianMedical Director for Marie Curie North West England2
- 69=Dr John SmithClinicianRetired consultant in palliative medicine2
- 69=Kate WilliamsSector leaderManaging Director of Health Insurance at Bupa2
- 69=Catherine BrownClinicianclinical nurse specialist, St Catherine's Hospice2
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 69=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Dr John Smith has said
By outlet · linked articles
- birminghammail.co.uk1
- nursinginpractice.com1
- theguardian.com1
Where Dr John Smith has been quoted
- 01Palliative care access ‘inconsistent and often insufficient’, warn nurses | Nursing in Practicenursinginpractice.com · 26 May 2026
- 02Widow says 'neglect at hospital' led to ex-police officer's deathbirminghammail.co.uk · 21 Mar 2026
- 03Palliative care and choice must be at the heart of the assisted dying debate | Letterstheguardian.com · 14 Nov 2025
Verbatim
“If we can't honour [their preferred place of care and death], then we are failing.”
“From a care perspective, I was unable to establish from the record anything that would have been able to change this outcome.”
“Palliative care and end-of-life care in the community has always been in the hands of generalists in primary care teams, but this has been almost annihilated by the introduction of out-of-hours teams.”
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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.