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Sorcha Hume
Cancer Research UK public affairs manager in Scotland
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press citations on 2 topics since 30 Jun 2026 · last quoted 27 Sept 2026
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Sorcha Hume: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Cancer Research UK public affairs manager in Scotland
- Quoted on
- Health inequalities, Cancer
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 27 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 30 Jun 2026
04 The signal · where Sorcha Hume sits on health inequalities
Ranked 25= of 100 voices quoted in the press on health inequalities, level with 42 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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Dr Amir KhanClinicianGP Partner, The Ridge Medical Practice14 - 2=
Scot HunterThink tankAnalyst, Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF)11 - 2=Veena RaleighSector leadersenior fellow at the King's Fund11
- 25=Suzanne WylieClinicianGP at IQ Doctor2
- 25=Gill O'NeillAcademicDirector of Public Health2
- 25=Sorcha HumeAcademicCancer Research UK public affairs manager in Scotland2
- 25=
Diana HernandezAcademicAssociate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health2 - 25=Kerry BoothSector leaderChief executive of the Rural Services Network2
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 25=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Sorcha Hume has said
By outlet · linked articles
- heraldscotland.com1
- news.stv.tv1
- thenational.scot1
Where Sorcha Hume has been quoted
- 01Cancer 28 per cent more likely in Scotland's most deprived areas, study findsheraldscotland.com · 27 Sept 2026
- 02Scots in most deprived areas 28 per cent more likely to develop cancer, study showsthenational.scot · 27 Sept 2026
- 03Cancer patients 'waiting longer than they should' as treatment targets missednews.stv.tv · 30 Jun 2026
Verbatim
“One of the report's most stark findings is that lung cancer contributes more than six in 10 deprivation-associated cancer cases in Scotland.”
“While the causes are complex, early diagnosis is key to closing the survival gap”
“the scale of the challenge facing the new Scottish Government is clear with people waiting longer than they should to start cancer treatment”
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