03 Profile
Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · Palliative & end of life care
Sohail Abbas: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Sohail Abbas
Dr, deputy medical director at NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and clinical director for Bradford District and Craven Place Integrator
2
Nov 2026to date
2
press citations on 1 topic since 11 Nov 2026 · last quoted 11 Nov 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Sohail Abbas: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Dr, deputy medical director at NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and clinical director for Bradford District and Craven Place Integrator
- Quoted on
- Palliative & end of life care
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 11 Nov 2026
04 The signal · where Sohail Abbas sits on palliative & end of life care
Ranked 56= of 100 voices quoted in the press on palliative & end of life care, level with 44 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1Vicki GreensmithAcademicDirector of Clinical Services at Martin House16
- 2
Dr Sam RoystonSector leaderExecutive Director of Research and Policy, Marie Curie14 - 3
Toby PorterSector leaderChief Executive, Hospice UK12 - 56=Laura AdamsClinicianclinical nurse specialist in palliative care2
- 56=Claire CraftClinicianConsultant Paramedic and Palliative and End of Life lead for the Trust2
- 56=Sohail AbbasClinicianDr, deputy medical director at NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and clinical director for Bradford District and Craven Place Integrator2
- 56=Natalie MetcalfeClinicianDr, GP at Holderness Health2
- 56=LivClinicianNurse at Saint Michael's Hospice2
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05 On the record · press
What Sohail Abbas has said
By outlet · linked articles
- examinerlive.co.uk1
- thetelegraphandargus.co.uk1
Where Sohail Abbas has been quoted
- 01The new Yorkshire ambulance that won't be answering a 999 callexaminerlive.co.uk · 11 Nov 2026
- 02New dedicated ambulance supports end-of-life care across Bradfordthetelegraphandargus.co.uk · 11 Nov 2026
Verbatim
“This new service will support the NHS shift from 'hospital to community' by enabling timely discharge and transfer of patients who are approaching end of life to home or hospice, improving choice for patients and their families, while freeing up capacity in acute hospitals.”
“This new service will support the NHS shift from 'hospital to community' by enabling timely discharge and transfer of patients who are approaching end of life to home or hospice, improving choice for patients and their families, while freeing up capacity in acute hospitals.”
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