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Clinician
Penny Durrant
interim director of nursing, Welsh Ambulance Service
Nov 2026to date
1
Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 10 Nov 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Penny Durrant: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- interim director of nursing, Welsh Ambulance Service
- Quoted on
- A&E & ambulance response
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Nov 2026
04 The signal · where Penny Durrant sits on a&e & ambulance response
Regularly cited
One of the voices most often quoted in the press on a&e & ambulance response.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Dr Ian HigginsonClinicianPresident, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)Leading
Prof Nicola RangerUnionGeneral Secretary and Chief Executive, Royal College of NursingLeading
Prof Frankie SwordsRegulatorNational Medical Director, NHS England / Department of Health and Social CareLeading- Kelly McGovernSector leaderChief nursing officer, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS TrustRegularly cited
- Amir HassanClinicianemergency medicine consultant and divisional medical director at Epsom and St Helier University hospitals NHS trustRegularly cited
- Penny DurrantClinicianinterim director of nursing, Welsh Ambulance ServiceRegularly cited
- Dr Claire HarrowCliniciandeputy medical director for acute servicesRegularly cited
- Shantini ParanjothySector leaderExecutive director on call, NHS GrampianRegularly cited
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05 On the record · press
What Penny Durrant has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- dailypost.co.uk
- independent.co.uk
- itv.com
- rhyljournal.co.uk
- walesonline.co.uk
Where Penny Durrant has been quoted
- Call for ambulance delay action after deaths of women who waited hours for helpitv.com · 10 Nov 2026
- Pensioner, 88, died after waiting 24 hours on floor for an ambulanceindependent.co.uk · 10 Nov 2026
- Coroner raises alarm over ambulance delays after deaths of elderly North Wales womenrhyljournal.co.uk · 10 Nov 2026
- Serious warning issued after two women died at homewalesonline.co.uk · 10 Nov 2026
- Call for ambulance delay action after deaths of women who waited hours for helpdailypost.co.uk · 10 Nov 2026
How we found the articles that name Penny Durrant: we searched news for these terms.
- 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
“We recognise that patients should not experience prolonged waits for an ambulance and that both we, and the wider NHS in Wales, have more to do to ensure patients receive care as soon as possible.”
“We recognise that patients should not experience prolonged waits for an ambulance and that both we, and the wider NHS in Wales, have more to do to ensure patients receive care as soon as possible.”
“We recognise that patients should not experience prolonged waits for an ambulance and that both we, and the wider NHS in Wales, have more to do to ensure patients receive care as soon as possible.”
“We recognise that patients should not experience prolonged waits for an ambulance and that both we, and the wider NHS in Wales, have more to do to ensure patients receive care as soon as possible.”
“We recognise that patients should not experience prolonged waits for an ambulance and that both we, and the wider NHS in Wales, have more to do to ensure patients receive care as soon as possible.”
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