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Academic
Dr Ursula Mason
RCGP Northern Ireland chair
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Quoted in the press, across 3 topics since 4 Dec 2025
02 Quoted on · 3 of 29 topics
Dr Ursula Mason: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- RCGP Northern Ireland chair
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Nov 2026
- First quoted
- 4 Dec 2025
04 The signal · where Dr Ursula Mason sits on gp access
Leading
One of the voices most often quoted in the press on gp access.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Dr Katie BramallUnionImmediate past chair, BMA GP Committee for England; Chair, BMA GP Committee UK, British Medical AssociationLeading
Professor Victoria Tzortziou BrownClinicianChair of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)Leading
Dr Chris ProvanClinicianChair, RCGP Scotland (three-year term began November 2023; described by GPonline in late October 2026 as the outgoing chair, with Dr Chris Williams named as his successor), Royal College of General Practitioners ScotlandLeading
Professor Azeem MajeedAcademicProfessor of Primary Care and Public Health and Head of the Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College LondonLeading- Dr Paul EvansClinicianNorth East and North Cumbria LMC chairLeading
- Dr Ursula MasonAcademicRCGP Northern Ireland chairLeading
- Dr Samira AnaneAcademicDeputy chair of the BMA GPCELeading
Dr Tom DolphinUnionChair of Council, British Medical Association (BMA)Leading
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05 On the record · press
What Dr Ursula Mason has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- pulsetoday.co.uk
- bbc.co.uk
- belfastlive.co.uk
- doctors.net.uk
- gponline.com
Where Dr Ursula Mason has been quoted
- BMA accepts Northern Ireland GP contract offer putting an end to collective action - Pulse Todaypulsetoday.co.uk · 10 Nov 2026
- Warning to women amid shortages of some HRT productsbbc.co.uk · 14 Oct 2026
- Work pressures threatening GP practice sustainability, managers warnmanagementinpractice.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Future of general practice in NI is at risk ‘without decisive action’doctors.net.uk · 25 Sept 2026
- Four in 10 GPs feel 'unable to cope with stress' at least weekly, RCGP warns - Pulse Todaypulsetoday.co.uk · 24 Sept 2026
- General practice 'at risk without immediate investment'gponline.com · 22 Sept 2026
- Future of our services at risk without immediate investment and reform, say GPsnewsletter.co.uk · 22 Sept 2026
- Future of NI's services at risk without immediate investment and reform warn GPsbelfastlive.co.uk · 22 Sept 2026
- Trusts 'not best placed' to run GP practices, NI Government told - Pulse Todaypulsetoday.co.uk · 4 Dec 2025
How we found the articles that name Dr Ursula Mason: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 3 topics
GP access
- GP access
- general practice
- GP appointments
- primary care access
- GP shortage
Also searched with “GP access” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for GP access
Women's health & gynaecology
- women's health
- gynaecology
- endometriosis
- menopause
- HRT
- cervical screening
- women's health strategy
- women's health hub
Also searched with “women's health” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag. Every term for Women's health & gynaecology
NHS & care workforce/staffing
- NHS workforce
- staff shortages
- nursing shortage
- nurse recruitment
- care workforce
- care worker pay
- social care workforce
- NHS long term workforce plan
Also searched with “NHS workforce” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for NHS & care workforce/staffing
Verbatim
“I hope this agreement will be seen as a step in the right direction, but it is clear that there is a much greater funding gap that will need to be bridged to take general practice to a place where we can sustainably deliver the capacity to provide the care that our patients need and deserve.”
“Patients can be assured that the protocol in place only allows a substitution for exactly the same active ingredient at the same dose.”
“The continued erosion of funding has left many practices struggling to meet basic operating costs and invest in services for patients. The consequences are already being felt.”
“Further instability will inevitably follow without urgent intervention.”
“If we are serious about transforming health and social care, then general practice must be at the centre of those plans. Yet the reality is that the future of general practice remains fragile and uncertain.”
“General practice is the foundation of our health service and is essential to delivering care closer to home. If we are serious about transforming health and social care, then general practice must be at the centre of those plans. Yet the reality is that the future of general practice remains fragile and uncertain.”
“General practice is not a cost pressure to be managed; it is the solution to many of the challenges facing our health service.”
“General practice is not a cost pressure to be managed; it is the solution to many of the challenges facing our health service.”
“Trust-run practices are simply not a sustainable nor cost-effective long-term solution.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
- HRT prescribing rose 12% last year but inequalities persistwww.thepharmacist.co.uk
- Call for learning disability nurse workforce plan in England | Nursing Timesnursingtimes.net
- Seven in ten Obstetrics and Gynaecology trainees at risk of burnout, new data showsRoyal College of Midwives
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