Rebecca Hilsenrath: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chief Executive of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
- Quoted on
- Children's health, Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“This is a deeply troubling case in which a child suffered physically and psychologically and was left traumatised by her experience. What makes this all the more concerning is that it could so easily have been avoided by better communication between the professionals involved in caring for this young girl.”
What Rebecca Hilsenrath has said
“The breakdown in communication meant the checks and balances designed to make sure patients are treated appropriately and kept safe were not followed.”
Chief Executive of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Girl, 5, traumatised after physician associate wrongly prescribed vaginal pessary, report finds ↗
Where Rebecca Hilsenrath has been quoted
- Mother thought physician associate was GP before child was given vaginal pessarypulsetoday.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
- Girl, 5, traumatised after physician associate wrongly prescribed vaginal pessary, report findstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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