Portia Thorman: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- head of advocacy and community at the charity SMA UK
- Quoted on
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“I have been trying to raise awareness of the need for newborn screening for about four years. We've written many letters to Wes Streeting so it's a bit of a kick in the teeth because he has known about it for a long time.”
Where Portia Thorman has been quoted
- Calls for SMA screening ignored before Jesy Nelson campaign, say familiestheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
Related media coverage
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