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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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.
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Lockdown was a ‘radical idea’ – Covid inquiry hears from key government advisors at the time – Victoria MacDonald reports.
Today, Professor Sir Chris Witty, Chief Medical Officer, and Sir Patrick Vallence, Chief Scientific adviser, at the time gave evidence to the Covid Inquiry.
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Covid Inquiry: Dame Sally Davies apologises to bereaved families
The former Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies told the Covid Inquiry today that a generation of children have been damaged by the pandemic.
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David Cameron admits not enough done in government preparation for pandemic like Covid-19
David Cameron has admitted that not enough was done to confront the possibility of a pandemic caused by an asymptomatic disease similar to Covid-19.
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Covid Inquiry: Bereaved families take centre stage as official hearings begin
More than three years after Boris Johnson announced a nationwide lockdown, a period in which over 226,000 lives were lost to coronavirus, and millions more turned upside down, the official Covid-19 Inquiry got underway today.
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NHS England wait times reach record high
The Prime Minister made cutting NHS waiting lists one of his priorities for this year.
