03 Profile
Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · Maternity & neonatal
Karen Parker: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Karen Parker
Associate Director of Midwifery/SCBU
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press citations on 1 topic since 10 Dec 2025 · last quoted 15 Sept 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Karen Parker: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Associate Director of Midwifery/SCBU
- Quoted on
- Maternity & neonatal
- Tracked press citations
- 5
- Most recently quoted
- 15 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 10 Dec 2025
04 The signal · where Karen Parker sits on maternity & neonatal
Ranked 47= of 100 voices quoted in the press on maternity & neonatal, level with 17 others on 5 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Donna OckendenClinicianChair of Independent Maternity Reviews; Director, Donna Ockenden Limited115 - 2
Vanessa PurdayClinicianChief Medical Officer, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust25 - 3
Gill WaltonUnionChief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Midwives (RCM)24 - 47=Catherine MchomvuSector leaderAntenatal teacher5
- 47=
Dr. Neel ShahClinicianPresident, Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies America5 - 47=Karen ParkerClinicianAssociate Director of Midwifery/SCBU5
- 47=Danni BurnettCliniciangroup director of midwifery, University Hospitals of Northamptonshire5
- 47=Michelle EastClinicianDirector of midwifery, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust5
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 47=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Karen Parker has said
By outlet · linked articles
- chroniclelive.co.uk4
- newcastlemagazine.com1
Where Karen Parker has been quoted
- 01£12m Investment to Improve Maternity and Neonatal Facilities at Gateshead QEnewcastlemagazine.com · 15 Sept 2026
- 02First look at plans for transformed £12m maternity unit in Gatesheadchroniclelive.co.uk · 13 Sept 2026
- 03Gateshead's Queen Elizabeth Hospital set for £12m maternity revampchroniclelive.co.uk · 9 Sept 2026
- 04Inside the North East NHS maternity department loved by new mumschroniclelive.co.uk · 15 Mar 2026
- 05Mums rate maternity staff care at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead as best in England | Chronicle Livechroniclelive.co.uk · 10 Dec 2025
Verbatim
“For women and families, this is about having facilities that better support the care we provide every day. The changes will improve the environment, privacy and dignity and make it easier to move between services when needed.”
“For women and families, this is about having facilities that better support the care we provide every day. The changes will improve the environment, privacy and dignity and make it easier to move between services when needed.”
“For women and families, this is about having facilities that better support the care we provide every day.”
“We are not complacent, there are always things we can do better.”
“We are incredibly proud of these results, which are a direct reflection of the individualised care our staff provide every day. To be ranked first nationally for staff care is a huge achievement, and I want to credit our multidisciplinary teams who collaborate so effectively to ensure every birth is safe, supportive, and respectful.”
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