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Dr Seán Coghlan: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician

Dr Seán Coghlan

chair of the RCP Student Foundation Doctor Network

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Quoted in the press, across 2 topics since 4 Mar 2026

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Dr Seán Coghlan: key facts

Kind of voice
Clinician
Role
chair of the RCP Student Foundation Doctor Network
Press coverage
Quoted in the press
Most recently quoted
23 Jul 2026
First quoted
4 Mar 2026

04  On the record · press

What Dr Seán Coghlan has said

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  • belfastlive.co.uk
  • rcp.ac.uk

Where Dr Seán Coghlan has been quoted

  1. RCP responds to GMC national training survey | RCPrcp.ac.uk · 23 Jul 2026
  2. 'We risk losing an entire generation of future physicians if we don't turn the tide' | Belfast Livebelfastlive.co.uk · 4 Mar 2026

How we found the articles that name Dr Seán Coghlan: we searched news for these terms.

  • NHS workforce
  • staff shortages
  • nursing shortage
  • nurse recruitment
  • care workforce
  • care worker pay
  • social care workforce
  • NHS long term workforce plan

Also searched with “NHS workforce” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for NHS & care workforce/staffing

Verbatim

“For doctors at the start of their careers, these results will feel all too familiar. Modest changes in national figures do not necessarily translate into a noticeably better working life.”
Dr, chair of the RCP Student Foundation Doctor Network · rcp.ac.uk · 23 Jul 2026 · Read the article
“As a foundation doctor in Northern Ireland, it often feels like we're working flat out just to keep services safe, with little time or certainty about our future training.”
Dr, chair of the RCP Student and Foundation Doctor Network and foundation doctor in Belfast · NHS & care workforce/staffing · belfastlive.co.uk · 4 Mar 2026 · Read the article

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