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01  Voice · Clinician · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Tom Blakeman: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician

Tom Blakeman

primary care physician and professor of primary care at The University of Manchester and NIHR Greater Manchester PSRC

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press citation on 1 topic since 12 Aug 2026 · last quoted 12 Aug 2026

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Tom Blakeman: key facts

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Clinician
Role
primary care physician and professor of primary care at The University of Manchester and NIHR Greater Manchester PSRC
Quoted on
Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
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Most recently quoted
12 Aug 2026

03  Profile

04  The signal · where Tom Blakeman sits on hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Ranked 14= of 100 voices quoted in the press on hospital discharge / bed-blocking, level with 86 others on 1 citation.

Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.

  1. 1=Dr Ian Higginson portraitDr Ian HigginsonClinicianPresident, Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)3
  2. 1=Caroline Abrahams portraitCaroline AbrahamsSector leaderCharity Director, Age UK3
  3. 1=Rory Deighton portraitRory DeightonSector leaderDirector of Acute, Emergency and Community Care (Acute Network), NHS Confederation3
  4. 14=Ruth Masterson CreberClinicianMary Crawford Professor, Columbia Nursing1
  5. 14=Kate RocksSector leaderChief officer of the Inverclyde health and social care partnership (HSCP)1
  6. 14=Tom BlakemanClinicianprimary care physician and professor of primary care at The University of Manchester and NIHR Greater Manchester PSRC1
  7. 14=Charles TallackSector leaderformer NHSE head of operational research and evaluation1
  8. 14=Nicola ByrneSector leadernational data guardian for health and adult social care in England1

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05  On the record · press

What Tom Blakeman has said

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  • medicalxpress.com1

Where Tom Blakeman has been quoted

  1. 01Major gaps in follow-up care after acute kidney injury, study findsmedicalxpress.com · 12 Aug 2026

Verbatim

“Despite a decade of improvement initiatives in the UK, little was known about how closely primary care follows clinical guidelines after an episode of acute kidney injury. Our study highlights the urgent need to implement kidney health strategies more effectively across both primary and secondary care.”
primary care physician and professor of primary care at The University of Manchester and NIHR Greater Manchester PSRC · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · medicalxpress.com · 12 Aug 2026 · Read the article

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