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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‘This is our chance’: Leshie Chandrapala on the Covid-19 Inquiry – Covid Untold Stories
As the official Covid-19 Inquiry gets underway, Leshie Chandrapala is demanding to know why key workers were not better protected.
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Lucy Letby: Could killer nurse have been stopped sooner?
Lucy Letby’s appalling crimes were a terrible betrayal of trust which have shocked and sickened staff throughout the NHS, England’s chief nursing officer has said – promising that the health service will learn “every possible lesson”.
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Can the NHS recover from record waitlists and ongoing strikes before winter?
Though it’s only July, health leaders are warning it will be an extremely challenging winter.
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Prime Minister jeered while giving evidence during infected blood inquiry
Victims of the infected blood scandal jeered as the prime minister told them they will get compensation ‘as swiftly as possible’.
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New brain scanner could revolutionise treatment of children with epilepsy
Trials are about to start of a new brain scanner which could revolutionise the treatment of children with epilepsy.
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Strikes: Hospital consultants in England strike for the first time in ten years
A new law has been passed which aims to curb the impact strikes can have, allowing ministers to impose minimum levels of service.
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Bereaved families give heartbreaking evidence in Covid inquiry
Bereaved families have told the Covid inquiry that people who died were treated like ‘toxic waste’ – as they gave evidence for the first time.
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Junior doctors ready to begin longest strike in NHS history
Tens of thousands of junior doctors in England are about to begin a five-day strike over pay, the longest industrial action of its kind in NHS history.
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Nottingham maternity review to examine 1,700 cases in largest ever UK inquiry
A review into maternity failings in Nottingham hospitals will involve the cases of 1,700 families – making it the biggest ever carried out in the UK. Donna Ockenden, who is chairing the inquiry, said behind those numbers were mothers and babies who had suffered “often avoidable, life changing harm – made worse by having to…
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NHS at 75: The advances that have transformed breast cancer survival
Today the National Health Service turned 75.
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NHS has a ‘bright future’ with investments ‘like never before’, says health minister
Ahead of the 75th anniversary of the NHS, we spoke to health minister Maria Caulfield about the state the service is in.
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NHS 75th anniversary: What state is the health service in?
The week is likely to be dominated by celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the NHS – we explain what state the health service is in.
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Matt Hancock ‘profoundly sorry’ for Covid mistakes as Health Secretary
The former health secretary Matt Hancock has said he is ‘profoundly sorry’ for mistakes that meant the United Kingdom was not properly prepared for Covid-19.
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Senior doctors in England vote for two-day strike – but nurses strikes set to end
Senior doctors in England have overwhelmingly voted to strike for two days next month.
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NHS performing ‘substantially less well’ than health systems in similar countries, study finds.
The NHS is performing substantially less well than health systems in similar countries, according to a detailed study from the influential think tank, The King’s Fund.
