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Hansard to 12 November 2026 · 31,484 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Clinician · Maternity & neonatal
Vanessa Whatley: no photograph is held, so the clinician plate is shown instead.
Clinician
Vanessa Whatley
NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin chief nursing officer
June 2026July 2026Aug 2026Sept 2026Oct 2026Nov 2026to date
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Quoted in the press, across 3 topics since 20 Jun 2026
02 Quoted on · 3 of 29 topics
Vanessa Whatley: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin chief nursing officer
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 28 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 20 Jun 2026
04 On the record · press
What Vanessa Whatley has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- bbc.co.uk
- expressandstar.com
- shropshirestar.com
- stokesentinel.co.uk
Where Vanessa Whatley has been quoted
- NHS bosses approve closure of Staffordshire birthing units suspended since Covidexpressandstar.com · 28 Sept 2026
- NHS to permanently shut two Staffordshire birthing unitsstokesentinel.co.uk · 28 Sept 2026
- Young women with cervical cancer jab urged to get testsbbc.co.uk · 17 Sept 2026
- Telford's 'healthy life expectancy' falls further below national averageshropshirestar.com · 20 Jun 2026
How we found the articles that name Vanessa Whatley: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 3 topics
Maternity & neonatal
- maternity
- maternity services
- maternity care
- neonatal
- stillbirth
- maternal mortality
- midwifery
- midwife
Also searched with “maternity” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Maternity & neonatal
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
Health inequalities
- health inequalities
- health disparities
- health inequality
- deprivation and health
- healthy life expectancy
- life expectancy gap
- levelling up health
- social determinants of health
Also searched with “health inequalities” in each of 8 national papers. Every term for Health inequalities
Verbatim
“The evidence leads to this permanent closure, which is the most sustainable and clinically appropriate option, while maintaining local antenatal and postnatal services and preserving choice throughout the pathway.”
“The evidence leads to this permanent closure, which is the most sustainable and clinically appropriate option, while maintaining local antenatal and postnatal services and preserving choice throughout the pathway.”
“The gold standard is still to carry on with your smear tests, even for women who have had a vaccine”
“None of it is going to be straightforward, it is really hard work.”
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