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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Public health & prevention
Dr Shaz Wahid: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Dr Shaz Wahid
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Trust
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press citations on 3 topics since 21 Jun 2026 · last quoted 22 Oct 2026
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Dr Shaz Wahid: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Trust
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 22 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 21 Jun 2026
04 The signal · where Dr Shaz Wahid sits on hospital discharge / bed-blocking
Ranked 30= of 100 voices quoted in the press on hospital discharge / bed-blocking, level with 70 others on 1 citation.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
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Dr Ian HigginsonClinicianPresident, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)6 - 1=
Caroline AbrahamsSector leaderCharity Director, Age UK6 - 3=Colin PoolmanSector leaderexecutive director of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland5
- 30=Catherine WoodRegulatorArea Coroner for Kent and Medway, Kent and Medway Coroner Service (Kent County Council)1
- 30=Prof Alexandra MullockAcademicformer PhD student, University of Manchester1
- 30=Dr Shaz WahidSector leaderSouth Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Trust1
- 30=Dr Robert KilgourAcademicFounder and chairman, Renaissance Care1
- 30=Penny EmeritSector leaderCEO, Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust1
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 30=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Dr Shaz Wahid has said
By outlet · linked articles
- chroniclelive.co.uk1
- shieldsgazette.com1
- sunderlandecho.com1
Where Dr Shaz Wahid has been quoted
- 01Huge spike in respiratory illness sees early face mask return in Sunderland hospitalssunderlandecho.com · 22 Oct 2026
- 02North East woman's death after surgery error came after cancer screening delays, coroner findschroniclelive.co.uk · 7 Sept 2026
- 03Coroner reveals 'missed opportunities' after death of Whiteleas OAPshieldsgazette.com · 21 Jun 2026
Verbatim
“We are already seeing an increase in respiratory viruses across our hospitals and community services and are taking action now to help reduce the spread of infection.”
“The safety of our patients is of the utmost importance to us and we have spoken to her loved ones to express our sadness following their loss.”
“We continue to work closely with our local authority partners to strengthen arrangements for patients leaving hospital.”
Related media coverage
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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 12 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.