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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Sector leader
Linda Hirst
CQC deputy operations director in the north-west of England
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press citation on 1 topic since 14 Nov 2025 · last quoted 14 Nov 2025
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Linda Hirst: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- CQC deputy operations director in the north-west of England
- Quoted on
- GP access
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 14 Nov 2025
04 On the record · press
What Linda Hirst has said
By outlet · linked articles
- bbc.com1
Where Linda Hirst has been quoted
- 01Blackpool GP surgeries in special measures after CQC inspectionbbc.com · 14 Nov 2025
Verbatim
“Our experience tells us that when a service isn't well-led they are less likely to be able to provide good care, which is what we found here.”
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