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Clinician
Omar Khan
Consultant general surgeon and honorary senior lecturer at St George's University Hospitals
Sept 2026Oct 2026Nov 2026to date
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Quoted in the press, across 2 topics since 26 Sept 2026
02 Quoted on · 2 of 29 topics
Omar Khan: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Consultant general surgeon and honorary senior lecturer at St George's University Hospitals
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 2 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 26 Sept 2026
04 The signal · where Omar Khan sits on medical ethics & regulation
Quoted
Quoted in the press on medical ethics & regulation.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Charlie MasseyRegulatorChief Executive and Registrar, General Medical CouncilLeading- Dr Manjeet ShehmarClinicianMedical Director, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS TrustLeading
Arthur CaplanAcademicProfessor Emeritus and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine (NYU Langone Health)Leading- Mark FowlerClinicianContract physician involved in the Carruthers execution attempt
- Mike BarnesClinicianProfessor, chairman of the Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society
- Omar KhanClinicianConsultant general surgeon and honorary senior lecturer at St George's University Hospitals
- Mark DeakinClinicianConsultant diabetes doctor, Alder Hey Children's Hospital (deceased)
- Oliver LewisSector leaderbarrister at Doughty Street Chambers, author of Coercive Control & Vulnerable Adults
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05 On the record · press
What Omar Khan has said
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- bbc.com
- burymercury.co.uk
- eadt.co.uk
Where Omar Khan has been quoted
- West Suffolk Hospital decisions before sepsis death 'indefensible'bbc.com · 2 Oct 2026
- West Suffolk doctors reported over 'gross failures' in care | Bury Mercuryburymercury.co.uk · 2 Oct 2026
- Expert says five hour delay for woman dying of sepsis was 'utterly indefensible'eadt.co.uk · 26 Sept 2026
How we found the articles that name Omar Khan: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 2 topics
Medical ethics & regulation
- medical ethics
- General Medical Council
- GMC
- fitness to practise
- patient consent
- Mental Capacity Act
- conscientious objection
- medical confidentiality
Also searched with “medical ethics” in each of 8 national papers. Every term for Medical ethics & regulation
A&E & ambulance response
- A&E waiting times
- A&E department
- accident and emergency
- ambulance response times
- ambulance handover
- ambulance waiting
- ambulance service
- emergency department
Also searched with “A&E waiting times” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for A&E & ambulance response
Verbatim
“utterly indefensible to proceed with conservative care instead of operating urgently.”
“utterly indefensible”
“It was utterly indefensible to contemplate conservative treatment in these circumstances.”
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Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
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