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Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Sally Bryant: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Sally Bryant
director of midwifery at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
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Quoted in the press, across 1 topic since 8 Dec 2025
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Sally Bryant: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- director of midwifery at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
- Quoted on
- Maternity & neonatal
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 22 Apr 2026
- First quoted
- 8 Dec 2025
04 The signal · where Sally Bryant sits on maternity & neonatal
Regularly cited
One of the voices most often quoted in the press on maternity & neonatal.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Donna OckendenClinicianChair of Independent Maternity Reviews; Director, Donna Ockenden LimitedLeading
Vanessa PurdayClinicianChief Medical Officer, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustLeading
Gill WaltonUnionChief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Midwives (RCM)Leading- Danni BurnettCliniciangroup director of midwifery, University Hospitals of NorthamptonshireRegularly cited
- Michelle EastClinicianDirector of midwifery, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS TrustRegularly cited
- Sally BryantCliniciandirector of midwifery at Somerset NHS Foundation TrustRegularly cited
- Esther DorkenClinicianHead of midwifery, Queen Elizabeth HospitalRegularly cited
- Kayleigh CunninghamClinicianNHSGGC neonatal Hospital at Home senior nurseRegularly cited
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05 On the record · press
What Sally Bryant has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- somersetlive.co.uk
- bbc.co.uk
- bbc.com
- chardandilminsternews.co.uk
Where Sally Bryant has been quoted
- Yeovil Hospital Maternity services reopen after safety concerns addressedsomersetlive.co.uk · 22 Apr 2026
- Yeovil maternity ward boss 'confident' as unit reopensbbc.com · 21 Apr 2026
- Yeovil's maternity ward to reopen after safety concernsbbc.co.uk · 10 Apr 2026
- Yeovil District Hospital maternity services and Special Care Baby Unit to reopenchardandilminsternews.co.uk · 9 Apr 2026
- Yeovil Hospital maternity unit may reopen in stages, say NHS bossessomersetlive.co.uk · 8 Dec 2025
How we found the articles that name Sally Bryant: we searched news for these terms.
- maternity
- maternity services
- maternity care
- neonatal
- stillbirth
- maternal mortality
- midwifery
- midwife
Also searched with “maternity” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Maternity & neonatal
Verbatim
“Our teams have done a huge amount of work to put these improvements in place, and we're really pleased to be welcoming women, birthing people and families back to Yeovil.”
“We have worked really hard on strengthening leadership, aligning our guidelines... we are very lucky that lots of people want to come and work with us”
“We are here to support service users, to listen to you, answer your questions, and address any concerns you may have.”
“We are here to support service users, to listen to you, answer your questions, and address any concerns you may have. If you are currently pregnant or have any questions or concerns, please reach out to your community midwife.”
“what I would say is that we are working towards to a full reopening - that is our ambition.”
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