Victoria Macdonald , Health and Social Care Editor
Victoria Macdonald is Health and Social Care Editor at Channel 4 News.
Victoria Macdonald is an award-winning journalist, who has been covering health and social care issues for Channel 4 News since 1999.
She reports on changes in the NHS - the reforms and the politics - whether it is in hospitals or in the community or, indeed in Westminster.
She closely follows the care system and how it impacts on the elderly and those with disabilities as well as investigating issues, including mental health, HIV/Aids and TB, and child health.
Victoria is originally from New Zealand and worked for the Sunday Telegraph before joining Channel 4 News.
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Revealed: The cycle of homelessness, hospital admission and discharge
Hospital bosses are desperate to free up beds, but some are occupied by homeless people, who can’t be discharged without somewhere safe to go.
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Health Secretary holds winter crisis talks with NHS leaders
NHS leaders have been ordered to prioritise patient safety ahead of a key A&E target as hospital beds in England near full capacity.
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Can Labour fix the NHS waiting list crisis?
When it comes to the NHS, the government has today pledged to meet the long-standing target of getting patients from GP referral to treatment in no more than 18 weeks for at least 92 per cent of non-urgent cases in England.
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Financial abuse leaves ‘nearly one million women in UK trapped’
The charity Surviving Economic Abuse says governments have failed to tackle a “hidden crisis”, leaving survivors unable to flee or rebuild their lives.
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Landmark mental health act reform set for second reading
Long-awaited reforms to the 40-year-old Mental Health Act moved a step closer to becoming law today with their second reading in the House of Lords.
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UK government orders review into NHS use of Physician Associates
The Government has ordered a review into the use of Physician and Anaesthesia Associates amidst an increasingly toxic row within the NHS.
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NHS reform: Failing hospitals to be named and shamed
Wes Streeting has been talking today about his plans for the NHS, including a league table which will name and shame failing trusts – so how did that go down?
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Man with autism ‘free’ after 11 years in mental health units
A man with autism and learning difficulties who spent nearly 11 years in mental health units and other inappropriate settings finally has his own home in the community.
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Concerns grow over way physician associates are used in NHS
In your hospital or your GP surgery, there could be a member of staff most people have never heard of – physician associates.
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A 10 year plan for the NHS? Here we go again
The public engagement exercise is billed as the biggest national conversation about the future of the NHS since its birth, with the ‘entire country’ called upon to share their experiences and ideas.
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Majority of ethnic minority healthcare workers who died of Covid were migrants, inquiry hears
A group representing migrant health workers has been giving evidence to the Covid inquiry about their experiences during the pandemic.
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Victim of “rogue” Great Ormond Street surgeon speaks of ordeal
The world famous children’s hospital Great Ormond Street is preparing to release a report that’s expected to be critical of how it dealt with complaints about one of its surgeons.
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Prime Minister Starmer lays out Labour’s plan for UK at conference
Sir Keir Starmer painted a picture of a shiny future with cranes and pylons on the horizon.
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Concerns raised over flagship Pharmacy First scheme
Channel 4 News has found that there are concerns over the flagship scheme, Pharmacy First.
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Britain health challenges reach ‘historic proportions’, report finds
A new report has branded Britain “the sick man of Europe” when it comes to health.
