
Victoria Macdonald
Health and Social Care Editor at Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News Health and Social Care Editor. A Kiwi in London and Chair of Validity (formerly MDAC). Justice for people with mental disabilities
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4 days ago |
channel4.com | Victoria Macdonald
For the almost three and a half million people estimated to be living with cancer in the UK, oncology nurses play a vital role. But many hospitals in England are missing more than ten percent of these nurses on a monthly average. In March we looked at the gaps in acute nurse staffing rates. Now, we focus on those missing from oncology wards.
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6 days ago |
channel4.com | Victoria Macdonald
Nottinghamshire police are investigating a NHS trust for corporate manslaughter following deaths and serious injuries related to its maternity care. The Nottingham University Hospitals Trust is already the subject of an inquiry examining more than two thousand cases.
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1 week ago |
channel4.com | Victoria MacDonald |Victoria Macdonald
In the Duchenne community they say time is muscle. So the clock is always ticking for the loved ones of those suffering with this form of muscular dystrophy. Six months ago those families were given hope – only for it to be dashed. Duchenne causes progressive muscle degeneration and weakness. Becoming non-ambulatory – not being able to walk – can happen anytime between the ages of 8 and 12.
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2 weeks ago |
channel4.com | Victoria MacDonald |Victoria Macdonald
Living the high life – management consultant Brad Johnson was working long hours, travelling all over the world, having the best time. Now he leaves his flat – in his words – under exceptional circumstances. “I get very tired, I have to plan when I’m going, and it takes quite a lot, actually, to get me out the house, so it has to be a great event, or something, for me to leave,” he said. Eight years ago at just 30 years old, Brad was diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis.
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3 weeks ago |
channel4.com | Victoria Macdonald
If the government had listened to experts and implemented the same strategies used in other countries, 180,000 lives may have been saved during Covid, the UK Covid Inquiry heard today. East Asian death rates were five times lower than in the UK. The Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice group said the UK’s death toll was down to “political decisions rooted in arrogance” and a “dangerous belief that Britain was somehow different”.
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