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Hansard to 11 November 2026 · 31,429 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · A&E & ambulance response
Trevor Smith: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Trevor Smith
Medical director for the South West
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press citations on 2 topics since 26 Mar 2026 · last quoted 22 Oct 2026
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Trevor Smith: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Medical director for the South West
- Tracked press citations
- 7
- Most recently quoted
- 22 Oct 2026
- First quoted
- 26 Mar 2026
04 The signal · where Trevor Smith sits on a&e & ambulance response
Ranked 27= of 100 voices quoted in the press on a&e & ambulance response, level with 8 others on 5 citations.
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)84 - 2
Prof Nicola RangerUnionGeneral Secretary and Chief Executive, Royal College of Nursing75 - 3=
Prof Frankie SwordsRegulatorNational Medical Director, NHS England / Department of Health and Social Care20 - 27=
Gareth DaviesRegulatorComptroller and Auditor General, National Audit Office5 - 27=Prof Julian RedheadClinicianTrust-level Chief Executive; National Clinical Director for Urgent and Emergency Care, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust / NHS England5
- 27=Trevor SmithClinicianMedical director for the South West5
- 27=Kelly McGovernSector leaderChief nursing officer, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust5
- 27=Amir HassanClinicianemergency medicine consultant and divisional medical director at Epsom and St Helier University hospitals NHS trust5
Showing the leaders and the ranks around 27=, of 100 voices · See every voice on the topic →
05 On the record · press
What Trevor Smith has said
By outlet · linked articles
- bridgwatermercury.co.uk1
- bristolpost.co.uk1
- burnhamandhighbridgeweeklynews.co.uk1
- chardandilminsternews.co.uk1
- dailyecho.co.uk1
Where Trevor Smith has been quoted
- 01How Southampton General Hospital's new £8.4m urgent treatment centre will workdailyecho.co.uk · 22 Oct 2026
- 02Advice for patients as new four-day doctors' strike loomsswindonadvertiser.co.uk · 14 Jun 2026
- 03Bristol hospitals issue statement as six-day doctor strike beginsbristolpost.co.uk · 7 Apr 2026
- 04South West sees major improvement in ambulance response timeschardandilminsternews.co.uk · 26 Mar 2026
- 05Emergency response times cut across South West this winterthewestonmercury.co.uk · 26 Mar 2026
- 06South West ambulances record faster winter response timesbridgwatermercury.co.uk · 26 Mar 2026
- 07Ambulance response times improve across South West this winterburnhamandhighbridgeweeklynews.co.uk · 26 Mar 2026
Verbatim
“That would enable us to provide care at a much earlier point in the pathway, so we reserve the emergency department for those that truly have urgent and life-threatening illnesses.”
“Our priority remains to provide safe care and keep essential services running, so please don't delay if you need urgent or emergency help.”
“It's really disappointing that we're facing yet another round of industrial action, which will inevitably affect patients”
“But every minute counts in an emergency, and I'm incredibly grateful to the thousands of paramedics, nurses, doctors and other staff who've made this improvement.”
“Because the South West is so rural and coastal, and has such an older population, it provides additional challenges to getting to people in a timely way and also in the levels of demand for care that we see.”
“Because the South West is so rural and coastal, and has such an older population, it provides additional challenges to getting to people in a timely way and also in the levels of demand for care that we see.”
“Because the South West is so rural and coastal, and has such an older population, it provides additional challenges to getting to people in a timely way and also in the levels of demand for care that we see.”
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