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Hansard to 13 November 2026 · 31,544 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Matt Overton: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Matt Overton
operations director, NHS Humber Health Partnership
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 19 Dec 2025
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Matt Overton: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- operations director, NHS Humber Health Partnership
- Quoted on
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 19 Dec 2025
04 On the record · press
What Matt Overton has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- bbc.com
Where Matt Overton has been quoted
- New Hull hospital discharge lounge aims to free up bedsbbc.com · 19 Dec 2025
How we found the articles that name Matt Overton: we searched news for these terms.
- hospital discharge
- delayed discharge
- bed blocking
- bed-blocking
- discharge to assess
- delayed transfers of care
- discharge delays
- step-down care
Also searched with “hospital discharge” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Verbatim
“The new Patient Discharge Lounge will enable patients to be transferred from the ward to a comfortable fit-for-purpose lounge while they await transport. Releasing the bed on the ward promptly to enable the next patient to move up to the ward supporting better patient flow through the HRI site.”
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