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Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · Maternity & neonatal
Liz Lees: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Liz Lees
Chief nurse, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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press citations on 1 topic since 11 Feb 2026 · last quoted 15 Apr 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Liz Lees: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Chief nurse, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Quoted on
- Maternity & neonatal
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 15 Apr 2026
- First quoted
- 11 Feb 2026
04 The signal · where Liz Lees sits on maternity & neonatal
Ranked 56= of 100 voices quoted in the press on maternity & neonatal, level with 22 others on 4 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
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Donna OckendenClinicianChair of Independent Maternity Reviews; Director, Donna Ockenden Limited114 - 2
Vanessa PurdayClinicianChief Medical Officer, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust25 - 3
Gill WaltonUnionChief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Midwives (RCM)23 - 56=Melissa DowdeswellSector leaderDirector of nursing and integrated care, Healthcare Improvement Scotland4
- 56=Sally BryantCliniciandirector of midwifery at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust4
- 56=Liz LeesClinicianChief nurse, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust4
- 56=Helena BrownAcademicMatron for maternity inpatient services at the RLI4
- 56=Joanna GarstangClinicianConsultant paediatrician and expert witness4
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 56=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Liz Lees has said
By outlet · linked articles
- lutontoday.co.uk3
- bbc.com1
Where Liz Lees has been quoted
- 01Maternity services in Bedfordshire 'remain safe' says hospitals trust despite 'inadequate' ratinglutontoday.co.uk · 15 Apr 2026
- 02Two Bedfordshire hospitals to recruit 68 extra midwivesbbc.com · 19 Feb 2026
- 0368 new midwives to join Bedfordshire Hospitals Trust - but recruitment could take 2 yearslutontoday.co.uk · 19 Feb 2026
- 04Hospital trust apologises to Luton council as maternity services rated inadequate againlutontoday.co.uk · 11 Feb 2026
Verbatim
“We just signed off the safety actions for this year, and we're completely complying for all 10 safety actions.”
“We will use temporary staff with our cohort of midwives that do bank [shifts], and we have got some agency staff as well.”
“Our demand is constantly outstripping our capacity, hence the extra staff based on a review.”
“Our demand was constantly outstripping our capacity because of some of the challenges. That's not an excuse, but the reality of where we were.”
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