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Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 9 November 2026 · 31,243 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Dr Laura O'Donovan: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Dr Laura O'Donovan
Doctor at University of Sheffield
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press citation on 1 topic since 29 Jun 2026 · last quoted 29 Jun 2026
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Dr Laura O'Donovan: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Doctor at University of Sheffield
- Quoted on
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 29 Jun 2026
04 The signal · where Dr Laura O'Donovan sits on hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Ranked 14= of 100 voices quoted in the press on hospital discharge / bed-blocking, level with 86 others on 1 citation.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1=
Dr Ian HigginsonClinicianPresident, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)3 - 1=
Caroline AbrahamsSector leaderCharity Director, Age UK3 - 1=
Rory DeightonSector leaderDirector of Acute, Emergency and Community Care (Acute Network), NHS Confederation3 - 14=Dr Kerstin de WitAcademicprofessor in emergency medicine1
- 14=Dr Maitiu O TuathailClinicianGP at Island Medical Centre1
- 14=Dr Laura O'DonovanClinicianDoctor at University of Sheffield1
- 14=Dr M Tariq AliClinicianDoctor with 40 years NHS experience, Oxford1
- 14=Dr Victoria MooreClinicianDoctor at University of Manchester1
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 14=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Dr Laura O'Donovan has said
By outlet · linked articles
- theguardian.com1
Where Dr Laura O'Donovan has been quoted
- 01Prejudice and misogyny are impacting maternity care | Letterstheguardian.com · 29 Jun 2026
Verbatim
“It is vital now to implement ways to regulate for safer care in a learning healthcare system which recognises the valuable contribution to safe and compassionate care that women's voices can make.”
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