Karen Perkins: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Principal Clinical Scientist for University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
- Quoted on
- Learning disability & autism
- Press citations held
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“For people with learning disabilities or severe needle phobia, blood tests have often meant months of very stressful and time-consuming desensitisation, general anaesthetic, or even physical restraint. Now, with capillary sampling, essential tests can be provided quickly, comfortably and with dignity.”
Where Karen Perkins has been quoted
- New painless blood tests trialled in people with learning disabilitieslearningdisabilitytoday.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
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