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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Julie Thompson: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Julie Thompson
Information Manager, Guts UK
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press citations on 1 topic since 31 Aug 2026 · last quoted 31 Aug 2026
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Julie Thompson: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Information Manager, Guts UK
- Quoted on
- Rare diseases
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 31 Aug 2026
04 The signal · where Julie Thompson sits on rare diseases
Ranked 25= of 100 voices quoted in the press on rare diseases, level with 23 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1Giles LomaxSector leaderChief Executive Officer, Spinal Muscular Atrophy UK (SMA UK)9
- 2Dr Harrison CarterAcademicDirector of Screening at NHS England8
- 3=
Prof Dame Sue HillRegulatorChief Scientific Officer for England and Senior Responsible Officer for Genomics, NHS England7 - 25=Gerry GogartySector leaderDirector of blood supply, NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT)2
- 25=Iain HorrocksClinicianConsultant Paediatric Neurologist at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde2
- 25=Julie ThompsonSector leaderInformation Manager, Guts UK2
- 25=Kirsty CampbellCliniciancharge nurse; mother of Mollie Murray2
- 25=Dr Eva IoannidouClinicianAction Medical Research Training Fellow and Doctoral Clinical Research Fellow at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health2
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05 On the record · press
What Julie Thompson has said
By outlet · linked articles
- mirror.co.uk1
- yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk1
Where Julie Thompson has been quoted
- 01'Doctors said bloating was anxiety - then they discovered rare disease'mirror.co.uk · 31 Aug 2026
- 02'A rare disease made me look six months pregnant - and I was told it was anxiety'yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk · 31 Aug 2026
Verbatim
“While many people with constipation improve with lifestyle changes, laxatives or other treatments, a small number of people with severe slow transit constipation continue to experience debilitating symptoms despite specialist care.”
“While many people with constipation improve with lifestyle changes, laxatives or other treatments, a small number of people with severe slow transit constipation continue to experience debilitating symptoms despite specialist care.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
- Coventry tot's heartbreaking health battle after 'extremely rare' diagnosiscoventrytelegraph.net
- Takeda launches sleep disorder pill in the US after DEA clearance removes final hurdlereuters.com
- 'Immoral lottery' - Mum's plea after losing daughter to rare diseasethewestmorlandgazette.co.uk
Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. 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 12 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.