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Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Dr Lynn Macleod
RCPCH Officer for Scotland
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 9 Apr 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Dr Lynn Macleod: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- RCPCH Officer for Scotland
- Quoted on
- Children's health
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 23 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 9 Apr 2026
04 The signal · where Dr Lynn Macleod sits on children's health
Leading
One of the voices most often quoted in the press on children's health.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Dr Helen StewartClinicianOfficer for Health Improvement (and Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Sheffield Children's Hospital), Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)Leading- Dr Mike McKeanClinicianVice-president for policy of the RCPCHLeading
Lynn WoolseyUnionChief Nursing Officer, Royal College of NursingLeading- Prof Rachel IsbaClinicianconsultant in paediatric public health medicine at Alder Hey and professor emerita of children and young people's health at Lancaster UniversityLeading
Dr David CapehornClinicianGP with Extended Role (GPwER) in Paediatrics; Honorary Associate Specialist and GP Lead, Emergency Department, Bristol Children's Hospital, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (Bristol Children's Hospital)Leading- Dr Lynn MacleodAcademicRCPCH Officer for ScotlandLeading
Dr Thomas BourkeClinicianOfficer for Ireland, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; Clinical Academic Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)Leading
Steph LawrenceSector leaderChief Executive, The Queen's Institute of Community Nursing (QICN, formerly the Queen's Nursing Institute)Leading
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05 On the record · press
What Dr Lynn Macleod has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- scotsman.com
- dailyrecord.co.uk
- heraldscotland.com
- scottishdailyexpress.co.uk
- thescottishsun.co.uk
Where Dr Lynn Macleod has been quoted
- More reported child deaths in Scotland per head than other UK nationsscotsman.com · 23 Sept 2026
- As SNP obsess over destroying the UK, children are dying at alarming ratescottishdailyexpress.co.uk · 23 Sept 2026
- Scotland's child death rate in UK highest in the UK, doctors' report findsdailyrecord.co.uk · 23 Sept 2026
- Scotland has highest child death rate in UK, doctors findheraldscotland.com · 23 Sept 2026
- Scottish children death rates are HIGHEST in UK as experts express concernthescottishsun.co.uk · 22 Sept 2026
- More than 200 paediatricians demand 'turning point' in child health at electionscotsman.com · 9 Apr 2026
How we found the articles that name Dr Lynn Macleod: we searched news for these terms.
- children's health
- paediatric
- child health
- children's hospital
- infant mortality
Also searched with “children's health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Children's health
Verbatim
“This report shows that too many children and young people in Scotland are being let down, with those living in the poorest communities facing the worst health outcomes. It is unacceptable that Scotland also has the highest reported child mortality rate among the UK nations.”
“These outcomes are not inevitable. That is why we are calling on the Scottish Government to deliver sustained investment and prioritise prevention, so that every child has the opportunity to grow up healthy and thrive.”
“This report shows that too many children and young people in Scotland are being let down, with those living in the poorest communities facing the worst health outcomes.”
“This report shows that too many children and young people in Scotland are being let down, with those living in the poorest communities facing the worst health outcomes.”
“These outcomes are not inevitable. That is why we are calling on the Scottish Government to deliver sustained investment and prioritise prevention, so that every child has the opportunity to grow up healthy and thrive.”
“The situation for children's health services and its workforce is now impossible to ignore.”
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