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Dr Russell Razzaque: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Dr Russell Razzaque
consultant psychiatrist and clinical lead on the trial
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press citations on 1 topic since 27 Aug 2026 · last quoted 7 Sept 2026
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Dr Russell Razzaque: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- consultant psychiatrist and clinical lead on the trial
- Quoted on
- Mental health
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 7 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
04 The signal · where Dr Russell Razzaque sits on mental health
Ranked 38= of 100 voices quoted in the press on mental health, level with 62 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
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Professor Peter FonagyAcademicProfessor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis and Developmental Science; Head of the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London (UCL)22 - 2
Dr Sarah HughesSector leaderChief Executive, Mind (The National Association for Mental Health)10 - 3=Dr Sam JonesClinicianOfficer for Mental Health, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)7
- 38=Dr Mark BuchananAcademicRoyal College of Emergency Medicine2
- 38=Nichola CrustSector leaderSenior safety investigator at HSSIB2
- 38=Dr Russell RazzaqueClinicianconsultant psychiatrist and clinical lead on the trial2
- 38=Prof Neil HumphreyAcademicChair in Psychology of Education, The University of Manchester (Manchester Institute of Education)2
- 38=Dr Gregory SaathoffClinicianProfessor of Emergency Medicine and Public Health Sciences; Founding Executive Director, Critical Incident Analysis Group, University of Virginia School of Medicine2
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05 On the record · press
What Dr Russell Razzaque has said
By outlet · linked articles
- bbc.co.uk1
- ft.com1
Where Dr Russell Razzaque has been quoted
- 01What to do about the UK’s mental health crisisft.com · 7 Sept 2026
- 02Treatment involving patient's family cuts mental health hospital admissions, study findsbbc.co.uk · 27 Aug 2026
Verbatim
“people will often say that this allows them to talk honestly for the first time — without fear that full disclosure will result in a rush to detention”
“There's a substantial reduction in cost because you're not spending all the money on inpatient beds, which are the most expensive part of the system. So yes, you might be spending a bit more time in the community, but that is what the NHS wants.”
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Doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and other registered clinicians quoted in a clinical capacity. 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 5 Oct 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.