Where did Douglas Alexander’s mother work
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Executive summary
Douglas Alexander’s mother is repeatedly identified in the provided reporting as a doctor who worked in the National Health Service (NHS) [1] [2]. Multiple biographical summaries and local press profiles state his mother practiced medicine in the NHS, while family background details also note his father was a Church of Scotland minister [3] [2].
1. Family background: a household of public service
Douglas Alexander grew up in a home where both parents were described as public servants: his father was a Church of Scotland minister and his mother worked as a doctor in the NHS, a detail cited in local profiles and child‑friendly encyclopedias that summarise his upbringing [3] [1] [2].
2. Direct source statements: local press and kid‑oriented references
The Sunday Post campaign profile quotes Alexander saying “my dad was a minister in the Church of Scotland and my mother was doctor in the NHS,” framing his upbringing as one “raised to see a life of public service” [2]. The Kiddle kids’ encyclopedia likewise states his mother was a doctor, explicitly noting NHS service [1].
3. Consistency across summaries and profiles
Commercial and biographical aggregators repeat the same family outline — father a minister, mother a doctor — reinforcing the NHS attribution in multiple entries summarising his life and career [3] [4]. These sources align on the profession even as they vary in depth and editorial standards [3] [4].
4. What the official and parliamentary records show (and do not)
Official parliamentary and government pages included in the search results outline Alexander’s political roles and appointments but do not provide detail on his mother’s occupation in the snippets provided [5] [6]. Available official bios in this set do not contradict the NHS‑doctor description, but they also do not repeat it in the excerpts returned [5] [6].
5. Caveats about source types and verification
The clearest statements about his mother’s work come from media profiles and summarised encyclopedia entries aimed at general or young readers [2] [1]. These are credible for basic biographical facts but are not the same as primary documents or a named, contemporaneous employment record. The provided search results do not include, for example, a scanned CV, NHS staff record, or an interview in which his mother speaks directly about her NHS role — such primary confirmation is not found in current reporting (not found in current reporting).
6. Why the detail matters: framing a political biography
Reporting emphasizes the NHS connection to place Alexander’s politics in a family tradition of public service; that context appears openly in the Sunday Post profile where Alexander frames his values around his parents’ careers [2]. Such phrasing can serve both to humanise a politician and to underline policy credibility on health and public services.
7. Alternative possibilities and limitations of these results
No result in the supplied set offers a different occupation for his mother; none names her full professional title, specialty, employer trust, or years of service in the snippets available (not found in current reporting). Because the search set lacks direct personnel records or an in‑depth family interview, the exact nature of her role within the NHS (e.g., hospital consultant, GP, other) is not specified in these sources (not found in current reporting).
8. Bottom line
Based on the set of sources provided, Douglas Alexander’s mother worked as a doctor in the NHS, a fact stated in multiple biographical entries and a local campaign profile [1] [2]. Official parliamentary/government snippets in this collection do not provide additional detail or primary confirmation beyond those media and encyclopedia accounts [5] [6].