03 Profile
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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Academic · Public health & prevention
Peter Roderick: no photograph is held, so the academic plate is shown instead.
Academic
Peter Roderick
spokesperson for addiction for the Association of Directors of Public Health
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press citations on 1 topic since 30 Sept 2025 · last quoted 1 Nov 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Peter Roderick: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- spokesperson for addiction for the Association of Directors of Public Health
- Quoted on
- Public health & prevention
- Tracked press citations
- 5
- Most recently quoted
- 1 Nov 2026
- First quoted
- 30 Sept 2025
04 The signal · where Peter Roderick sits on public health & prevention
Ranked 62= of 100 voices quoted in the press on public health & prevention, level with 34 others on 5 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1
Sir Chris WhittyRegulatorChief Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government, Department of Health and Social Care43 - 2Anya GopfertClinicianConsultant in public health, UKHSA36
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Prof Frankie SwordsRegulatorNational Medical Director, NHS England / Department of Health and Social Care29 - 62=Gavin DabreraClinicianConsultant epidemiologist at UKHSA5
- 62=Sheila DuffySector leaderCEO of ASH Scotland5
- 62=Peter RoderickAcademicspokesperson for addiction for the Association of Directors of Public Health5
- 62=Jamie Lopez-BernalClinicianDr, UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)5
- 62=Professor Abdul RazaqAcademicDirector of Public Health for Blackburn with Darwen5
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 62=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Peter Roderick has said
By outlet · linked articles
- bbc.co.uk1
- gazetteherald.co.uk1
- theguardian.com1
- yorkpress.co.uk1
- yorkshirepost.co.uk1
Where Peter Roderick has been quoted
- 01Smoke control area expanded to whole of Yorkbbc.co.uk · 1 Nov 2026
- 02Gambling affects more than 3,000 York children as official slams industryyorkpress.co.uk · 21 Jul 2026
- 03'It's not nanny-statism' - Guidelines to curb takeaways in York defended amid obesity riseyorkshirepost.co.uk · 10 Jul 2026
- 04'It's not nanny-statism'- efforts to curb takeaways in York defendedgazetteherald.co.uk · 8 Jul 2026
- 05Over 1,200 health leaders call for swift passage of UK tobacco and vapes billtheguardian.com · 27 Oct 2025
Verbatim
“There are no safe levels of these particles - they harm everyone, especially children and older people.”
“Some products are just so dangerous to human health that they should be treated in the same category as illicit substances.”
“The evidence is clear that children who have access are more likely to have excess weight in adulthood. "That affects every area of human health and often shortens life, awe also recognise the link between obesity and mental health with the stigma and bullying that comes with it."”
“The evidence is clear that children who have access are more likely to have excess weight in adulthood.”
“the bill was an "opportunity to save even more lives, protect future generations from becoming addicted to this lethal product, and give freedom to live a healthier life to the 88% of people who don't smoke".”
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