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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Covid-19 inquiry opens amid controversy over how testimony will be collected
While some would prefer to think Covid is all over there are those who will be forever scarred: the survivors and the bereaved.
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How will the government balance books after tax cuts?
The financial markets responded positively to the government’s u-turn, with the pound rising against the dollar. Economic reporter Neil Macdonald explains.
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Millions urged to vaccinate amid winter spike concerns
Millions of people are being urged to have their flu and Covid vaccines, with experts worried about a potential spike in cases of both this winter.
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Mortgage companies withdraw deals as sterling crisis deepens
The economic crisis is already hitting home for those looking to secure a mortgage.
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Patients should get GP appointments ‘within two weeks’, health secretary says
The other big problem and priority for the government is the crisis in the NHS. Patients can expect to get a GP appointment within a fortnight, the Government said today, though they stopped short of turning it into a target.
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‘It’s so lovely to say the last goodbye’: Tens of thousands queue to see Queen
People began taking their place in the queue to file past the Queen’s coffin from the early hours of the morning.
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Thousands queue to pay respects as Queen’s coffin travels to lie in state
Shortly the Queen will leave Buckingham Palace for the final time, the place which was not just her official home but the scene of so many key moments during her reign.
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NHS crisis: Can Cornwall’s health service be fixed?
In her first speech as PM, Liz Truss declared the NHS to be her third priority – pledging to bring down doctors waiting times, although offering no detail on how she’d go about it.
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Cost of living crisis: ‘Care providers are going out of business week by week’
For businesses, there’s no cap on energy prices. And with their utility bills heading through the roof, schools, hospitals and care homes are facing difficult choices as they try to budget for the months ahead.
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Clinical trial of antiviral to treat monkeypox begin
Scientists at the University of Oxford have started a clinical trial of an antiviral drug they’re hoping could reduce the length of symptoms for monkeypox.
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Contaminated blood scandal ‘too often ignored by those in power’
Our Health and Social Care Editor Victoria Macdonald joins us from the newsroom.
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Concerns raised over lack of support for body dysmorphic disorder sufferers
Around 1 in 50 people in the UK are affected by body dysmorphic disorder – a mental health condition influencing the way they perceive their appearance.
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Covid: UK first to approve vaccine targeting two variants
Britain has become the first country in the world to authorise a new Covid vaccine which protects against the new Omicron variant as well as the original virus.
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Liver disease UK deaths soar by 400% since 1970
Liver disease is the third leading cause of premature death in the UK.
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Russia cuts Nordstream gas supply to Europe
Gas prices in Europe have spiked upwards today after Russia said it was cutting back gas supplies through a key pipeline into Germany.
