03 Profile
Vital Signsby Bridgehead
Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · Maternity & neonatal
Stephen Brearey: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Stephen Brearey
Lead neonatal consultant, Countess of Chester Hospital
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press citations on 2 topics since 15 Sept 2026 · last quoted 16 Oct 2026
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Stephen Brearey: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Lead neonatal consultant, Countess of Chester Hospital
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 16 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 15 Sept 2026
04 The signal · where Stephen Brearey sits on maternity & neonatal
Ranked 35= of 100 voices quoted in the press on maternity & neonatal, level with 51 others on 2 citations.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- Medical ethics & regulation58= of 100
- 1
Donna OckendenClinicianChair of Independent Maternity Reviews; Director, Donna Ockenden Limited48 - 2
Vanessa PurdayClinicianChief Medical Officer, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust14 - 3
Gill WaltonUnionChief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Midwives (RCM)12 - 35=Catherine CampbellSector leaderCQC deputy director of operations in Hampshire2
- 35=Anna TelferClinicianChief Nursing Officer, UHMBT2
- 35=Stephen BreareyClinicianLead neonatal consultant, Countess of Chester Hospital2
- 35=
Kari WhiteAcademicExecutive and Scientific Director, Resound Research for Reproductive Health2 - 35=Heather BowerSector leaderHead of education at the Royal College of Midwives2
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 35=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Stephen Brearey has said
By outlet · linked articles
- careappointments.com1
- independent.co.uk1
- manchestereveningnews.co.uk1
Where Stephen Brearey has been quoted
- 01Lucy Letby: Doctor on ward says he should have gone to police earlier – Care Appointmentscareappointments.com · 16 Oct 2026
- 02Doctor on Lucy Letby ward says he should have gone to police with fears earlierindependent.co.uk · 16 Oct 2026
- 03Babies murdered by Lucy Letby could have been saved, inquiry findsmanchestereveningnews.co.uk · 15 Sept 2026
Verbatim
“I was naively thinking that raising concerns with senior managers, they had the same values that I did and, once they got it, they would be thinking the same way.”
“in retrospect, clearly, if we'd known what was ahead of us, we would have gone to the police earlier”
“seemed to be turning into a narrative against us rather than concentrating on the cause of the deaths”
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