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Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · Palliative & end of life care
Louise Smith: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Louise Smith
Paediatric Palliative Care Nurse Consultant, Claire House Children's Hospice
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 24 Dec 2025
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Louise Smith: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Paediatric Palliative Care Nurse Consultant, Claire House Children's Hospice
- Quoted on
- Palliative & end of life care
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 7 Feb 2026
- First quoted
- 24 Dec 2025
04 The signal · where Louise Smith sits on palliative & end of life care
Regularly cited
One of the voices most often quoted in the press on palliative & end of life care.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
- Vicki GreensmithAcademicDirector of Clinical Services at Martin HouseLeading
- Julie McFaddenClinicianHospice nurse with 16 years of experienceLeading
Dr Sam RoystonSector leaderExecutive Director of Research and Policy, Marie CurieLeading- Mike MillerClinicianDr, patron of Naomi and Jack's and retired paediatric palliative care consultantRegularly cited
Dr Kathryn MannixClinicianRetired palliative care physician and authorRegularly cited- Louise SmithClinicianPaediatric Palliative Care Nurse Consultant, Claire House Children's HospiceRegularly cited
- Jamie O'TooleAcademicAdvanced clinical practitioner; bereaved fatherRegularly cited
Jim MackeyRegulatorChief Executive, NHS England
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05 On the record · press
What Louise Smith has said
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- wirralglobe.co.uk
- liverpoolecho.co.uk
Where Louise Smith has been quoted
- We do cry in the car but it's a beautiful job and it gives you a new outlook - Liverpool Echoliverpoolecho.co.uk · 7 Feb 2026
- Hospice nurses bringing care and comfort this Christmaswirralglobe.co.uk · 25 Dec 2025
- Wirral hospices' partnership aims to ease transition from child to adult carewirralglobe.co.uk · 24 Dec 2025
Verbatim
“But it's such a beautiful type of nursing to do because you literally do go home and, we do have our emotions, we're not robots, some of the things we say, do, see, hear are really emotive and we witness a lot of emotion from families understandably.”
“This year, and every year, for families across Merseyside, we are just a phone call away if their child needs urgent care over the festive period.”
“We help families get to know their adult team while having the security of their children's team too. It means when they are discharged from Claire House, they have a relationship with their local adult hospice, which can support and advise them”
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