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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Dr Richard West: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Dr Richard West
Dispensing Doctors Association chair
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press citations on 1 topic since 21 May 2026 · last quoted 4 Aug 2026
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Dr Richard West: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Dispensing Doctors Association chair
- Quoted on
- GP access
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 4 Aug 2026
- First quoted
- 21 May 2026
04 The signal · where Dr Richard West 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.
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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)64 - 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=Rachael WrightClinicianDr., chair of the South West GP Federation3
- 49=Michael WrightSector leaderRoyal Australian College of GPs (RACGP) president3
- 49=Dr Richard WestClinicianDispensing Doctors Association chair3
- 49=Robert McCartneySector leaderPartner at law firm Hempsons3
- 49=Pritesh MistrySector leaderFellow at the healthcare charity The King's Fund3
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 49=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Dr Richard West has said
By outlet · linked articles
- gponline.com3
Where Dr Richard West has been quoted
- 01Dispensing GPs frozen out of MenB campaign warn of rural vaccine gapgponline.com · 4 Aug 2026
- 02Dispensing practices 'need extra funding to fully implement electronic prescribing' | GPonlinegponline.com · 15 Jul 2026
- 03ICB asks LMCs to help struggling practices with succession plans | GPonlinegponline.com · 21 May 2026
Verbatim
“Dispensing doctors cover areas of the country where there are no pharmacies. If you live in a rural area, haven't got a local pharmacy, are 18 and about to go to university - it's quite difficult for that group to actually get the vaccine and get it done. The risk is that the group who live in a rural area just won't get vaccinated before they go to university and they'll potentially get meningitis.”
“There are very good reasons why the EPS should be funded in rural areas – not least of which are the patient safety benefits and practice efficiencies that are lost to rural patients.”
“You need to make rural general practice attractive, and if it is then succession planning won't be an issue because people will want to go there and work.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
- GP access changes make little difference for most Hampshire patients, survey findsbasingstokegazette.co.uk
- A&G and referrals to remain 'separate options' within single point of access, GPs told - Pulse Todaypulsetoday.co.uk
- BMA accepts Northern Ireland GP contract offer putting an end to collective action - Pulse Todaypulsetoday.co.uk
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