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Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Richard Wilson: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Richard Wilson
Swimming instructor specialising in teaching children with disabilities
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Quoted in the press, across 3 topics since 6 May 2026
02 Quoted on · 3 of 29 topics
Richard Wilson: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Swimming instructor specialising in teaching children with disabilities
- Quoted on
- Mental health, Cancer, Learning disability & autism
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 31 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 6 May 2026
04 The signal · where Richard Wilson sits on learning disability & autism
Quoted
Quoted in the press on learning disability & autism.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Jon SparkesSector leaderChief Executive, Royal Mencap SocietyLeading
Professor Peter FonagyAcademicProfessor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science; Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (UCL)Leading
Sir Simon WesselyAcademicRegius Professor of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College LondonLeading
David RowlandThink tankDirector, Centre for Health and the Public Interest (CHPI)- Rachael WardellSector leaderDirector of Children's Services in Surrey and immediate past president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services
- Richard WilsonSector leaderSwimming instructor specialising in teaching children with disabilities
- Mina FazelClinicianProfessor, chair of child and adolescent psychiatry, University of Oxford
- Margaret MulhollandSector leaderSEND and inclusion specialist at the Association of School and College Leaders
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05 On the record · press
What Richard Wilson has said
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- bbc.com
- irishnews.com
- learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk
Where Richard Wilson has been quoted
- Psychiatrists' 'significant concerns' over new protocols which will see fewer PSNI responses to mental health callsirishnews.com · 31 Oct 2026
- Bowel cancer cases in under-50s at record high in Scotlandbbc.com · 18 Aug 2026
- How to improve water safety for children with autismlearningdisabilitytoday.co.uk · 6 May 2026
How we found the articles that name Richard Wilson: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 3 topics
Mental health
- mental health
- mental health services
- CAMHS
- psychiatric
- suicide prevention
- mental health crisis
- talking therapies
- IAPT
Also searched with “mental health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Mental health
Cancer
- cancer
- cancer treatment
- cancer screening
- cancer waiting times
- oncology
- chemotherapy
- radiotherapy
- cancer diagnosis
Also searched with “cancer” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Cancer
Learning disability & autism
- learning disability
- autism
- autistic
- SEND
- EHCP
- special educational needs
- ADHD
- Down's syndrome
Also searched with “learning disability” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Learning disability & autism
Verbatim
“we have concerns about a protocol that dismantles the police safety net before a robust, agreed and adequately resourced healthcare safety net is operational.”
“Ultra processed foods, we think, are the huge driver, because their use across all age groups has really increased”
“It's a life skill that is an absolute necessity for all children, but especially for children with any learning difficulties, any physical disabilities. It's massively important for them to be safe in and around water.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
- 'Being a GP doesn't prepare you for a terminal diagnosis' - Pulse Todaypulsetoday.co.uk
- I am more than my pain: Thinking about mental health as a trans Autistic personCentre for Mental Health
- Social care: Burnham’s National Care Service has no offer yet for working-age adultsLearning Disability Today
Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 13 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.