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Hansard to 13 November 2026 · 31,544 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
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Clinician
Dr Xand
Doctor, BBC Morning Live
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Quoted in the press, across 2 topics since 25 Mar 2026
02 Quoted on · 2 of 29 topics
Dr Xand: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Doctor, BBC Morning Live
- Quoted on
- Diabetes, Dentistry access
- Press coverage
- Quoted in the press
- Most recently quoted
- 12 May 2026
- First quoted
- 25 Mar 2026
04 The signal · where Dr Xand sits on dentistry access
Quoted
Quoted in the press on dentistry access.
Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.
Eddie CrouchUnionChair of the Principal Executive Committee (BDA Chair), British Dental AssociationLeading
Shiv PabaryClinicianChair, General Dental Practice Committee, British Dental AssociationLeading
Jason WongRegulatorChief Dental Officer for England, NHS England (joint appointment with the Department of Health and Social Care, based in NHS England)Leading- Sir John CurticeAcademicProfessor of Politics at Strathclyde University
- Neil SikkaAcademicDentist; director of dentistry at Bupa Dental Care
- Dr XandClinicianDoctor, BBC Morning Live
- Jyothi ChintamaniClinicianDr, dental training course provider at Dental Arch
- Rachael NicholClinicianclinical lead and consultant paediatric dentist for the Trust's Community Dental Service
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05 On the record · press
What Dr Xand has said
By outlet · bar length shows relative volume
- mirror.co.uk
- getsurrey.co.uk
Where Dr Xand has been quoted
- Dr Xand shares little known 'interference' diabetes can triggermirror.co.uk · 12 May 2026
- Dr Xand alert for people with diabetes not knowing 'fall risk'getsurrey.co.uk · 12 May 2026
- BBC doctor busts 3 dental home remedies that 'don't work'mirror.co.uk · 25 Mar 2026
How we found the articles that name Dr Xand: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 2 topics
Diabetes
- diabetes
- type 1 diabetes
- type 2 diabetes
- insulin
- diabetic
- diabetes prevention
Also searched with “diabetes” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Diabetes
Dentistry access
- NHS dentistry
- NHS dentist
- dental access
- dentist shortage
- dental desert
- dental contract
- dental charges
- dental check-up
Also searched with “NHS dentistry” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Dentistry access
Verbatim
“Diabetes is probably the biggest one because your balance involves nerve signals going to your brain, from your eyes, your ear and your muscles. Diabetes can interfere with all of that.”
“Diabetes is probably the biggest one because your balance involves nerve signals going to your brain, from your eyes, your ear and your muscles. Diabetes can interfere with all of that.”
“The most important thing to say is go to a dentist. One of the things that makes toothache much worse is anxiety. It's a very anxiety-dependent pain.”
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Doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and other registered clinicians quoted in a clinical capacity. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 13 Nov 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.