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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Paula Cowan: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Paula Cowan
Dr; NHS England North West Medical Director for Primary Care and National Specialty Advisor with the Women's Team
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press citations on 4 topics since 2 Mar 2026 · last quoted 15 Jun 2026
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Paula Cowan: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Dr; NHS England North West Medical Director for Primary Care and National Specialty Advisor with the Women's Team
- Quoted on
- GP access, NHS & care workforce/staffing, Women's health & gynaecologyand 1 more
- Tracked press citations
- 8
- Most recently quoted
- 15 Jun 2026
- First quoted
- 2 Mar 2026
04 The signal · where Paula Cowan sits on gp access
Ranked 49= of 100 voices quoted in the press on gp access, level with 26 others on 3 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Dr Katie BramallUnionImmediate past chair, BMA GP Committee for England; Chair, BMA GP Committee UK, British Medical Association82 - 2
Professor Victoria Tzortziou BrownClinicianChair of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)63 - 3
Dr Chris ProvanClinicianChair, RCGP Scotland (three-year term began November 2023; described by GPonline in late October 2026 as the outgoing chair, with Dr Chris Williams named as his successor), Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland41 - 49=
Sir Chris WhittyRegulatorChief Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government, Department of Health and Social Care3 - 49=
Ciarán DevaneSector leaderChief Executive, The NHS Alliance3 - 49=Paula CowanClinicianDr; NHS England North West Medical Director for Primary Care and National Specialty Advisor with the Women's Team3
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Dr Luisa PettigrewThink tankSenior Policy Fellow, The Health Foundation3 - 49=Chandra KannegantiClinicianDr; chief executive of North Staffordshire LMC3
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05 On the record · press
What Paula Cowan has said
By outlet · linked articles
- theboltonnews.co.uk3
- lancasterguardian.co.uk2
- chesterstandard.co.uk1
- itv.com1
- runcornandwidnesworld.co.uk1
Where Paula Cowan has been quoted
- 01Warning to Lancaster patients as latest resident doctors' strikes get under waylancasterguardian.co.uk · 15 Jun 2026
- 02Doctors' strike to clash with England's World Cup opening match as NHS issues warningchesterstandard.co.uk · 14 Jun 2026
- 03'The pain feels like barbed wire': New endometriosis pathway to improve careitv.com · 6 Apr 2026
- 04New plan to help woman in Bolton and the North West living with painful conditiontheboltonnews.co.uk · 5 Apr 2026
- 05How to get medical help this Easter and during the doctors' striketheboltonnews.co.uk · 4 Apr 2026
- 06NHS North West urges patients to order prescriptions before Easterruncornandwidnesworld.co.uk · 17 Mar 2026
- 07More than one million people now contact GPs online in the North Westtheboltonnews.co.uk · 11 Mar 2026
- 08GP urges Lancashire patients to 'tap the NHS App' to prevent missed appointmentslancasterguardian.co.uk · 2 Mar 2026
Verbatim
“Urgent and emergency care services remain open during the industrial action period and people should call 999 or attend the accident and emergency department in the event of a life or limb threatening emergency.”
“We know the NHS is always busy, especially during times where people gather to celebrate big events, like the World Cup.”
“From the very first contact with a patient presenting with heavy painful periods, we need to be thinking could this be endometriosis.”
“From the very first contact with a patient presenting with heavy painful periods, we need to be thinking: could this be endometriosis?”
“The Easter weekend and the days that follow, particularly in light of industrial action, can be an extremely busy time for our 111 health advisors, clinicians, and the doctors, nurses, and other health professionals working in our A&E departments.”
“If you take regular medications for a long term health condition and if you need a repeat prescription in the week leading up to Easter or over the Easter period, please remember to always request your repeat via your practice or the NHS app at least 6 working days in advance.”
“Providing additional ways of accessing general practice means it will be easier for people to get in touch with us.”
“It's great to see that so many people in the North West have registered for the NHS App, but we know many are not fully using it.”
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