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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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.
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Lessons will be learned before next pandemic, Covid inquiry hears
The chair of the Inquiry into the handling of Covid-19 in the UK has used her opening statement to emphasise that, if necessary, it has the power to compel witnesses to appear or documents to be handed over.
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How has the NHS has coped with the heatwave?
From pressures on ambulance services to overheated operating theatres, we look at how the NHS has been coping with the high temperatures and increased demand.
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Bereaved families demand that failing mental health trust is disbanded
Bereaved families and former employees of a failing mental health trust have met MPs to demand that the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Trust be disbanded.
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Hospital declares critical incident as NHS faced busiest June ever
Last month was the busiest-ever June in A&Es in England, as they dealt with over 2 million attendances.
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Infected blood inquiry: Victims suffered ‘incredibly bad luck’, says former PM
Thousands of victims of the infected blood scandal suffered “incredibly bad luck”, according to the former prime minister Sir John Major.
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England records further 104 cases of Monkeypox
The number of monkeypox cases in the UK has jumped by almost a third, with a total of 470 infections now recorded across the country.
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Record amount of people in contact with mental health services, NHS figures show
Health and social care editor Victoria Macdonald takes a look at the state of mental health in England.
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Maternity Scandal: Midwife who led Shrewsbury probe will now chair Nottingham review
A review of failings in maternity services at Nottingham NHS trust will now be led by senior midwife Donna Ockenden.
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People forced to pull out own teeth as dentists go private
Now thousands of high street dentists in England have stopped providing care on the NHS since the pandemic – leaving millions of people who cannot afford private treatment without access to vital health services.
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Inequalities faced during the pandemic should be prioritised, says chair of Covid-19 public inquiry
Inequalities should be put to the forefront of the Covid inquiry to highlight the unequal impact the pandemic had on different parts of society, according to its chair. It’s one of several new recommendations Baroness Heather Hallett made to the Prime Minister today. The inquiry will look at the response to the pandemic, but after…
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Using art to expose mental health inequality
The Government promised long awaited reforms to mental health services in the UK, in today’s Queen’s Speech.
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Queen pulls out of State Opening of Parliament
It has been announced that the Queen will not attend the state opening of parliament tomorrow – with the Prince of Wales set to read the Queen’s statement on her behalf instead.
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Covid: India death toll 10 times higher than official figures, WHO says
How many people really died from Covid in the first two years of the pandemic?
