Learn about some of my health-related work
Awards
Medical Journalists’ Association Freelance Journalist of the Year 2014
Medical Journalists’ Association special commendation
Science writing fellow Jacobs Foundation, Zurich Switzerland
Feature Writer of the Year - BT Regional Journalism Awards
Feature Writer of the Year - British Guild of Editors
PORTFOLIO
I’m involved in a wide range of health and medical communications. Some projects for large organisations like the NHS and the GMC, are confidential but you are welcome to find out more about them by contacting me.
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Lancaster University alumni publications - STEPS magazine, and principal writer
'My concern is for the next virus', The i, September 16, 2021
'GP crisis is as serious an issue as Covid', The i, August 26 2021
'I'm condemned to live with these legs', The i, August 1, 2021
GP crisis as serious to the NHS as Covid, Medscape, June 2021
Emotional 'First Aid Kit' Gives Tips for Doctors on COVID Front Line, Medscape, May 2021
Winners and losers: Medical education during COVID-19, Medscape, February 2021
Undervaluing Public Health makes COVID inequalities worse, Medscape, January 2021
Could NHS-Wide Menopause Policy Help Stop Medics Quitting? Medscape, August 2020
A game changer: The UK's first LGBYQ+extra-care housing scheme. Guardian, October 2020
Long COVID and Inflammation: A Cardiologist's Expert View, Medscape August 2020
Medics With 'Long COVID' Call for Clinical Recognition, Medscape, July 2020
Overseas Doctors' Cautious Welcome of English Test Extension, Medscape June 2020
Anxiety Over Teenage Cancer Treatment Under COVID-19, Medscape, June 2020
COVID-19: Therapeutic Benefits of 'Secret' ICU Gardens, Medscape May 2020
COVID-19 PPE Gender Divide: No One-Size-Fits-All? Medscape, May 2020
Virtual Visiting Comes to COVID-19 ICUs, Medscape, April 2020
COVID-19: Manchester Nightingale Takes Different Approach To London, Medscape, April 2020
COVID-19: How Technology is Monitoring Spread and Lockdown, Medscape, April 2020
COVID-19: Medical Students' Fast Track Plans Finalised, Medscape March 2020
COVID-19: Medical Students Await Emergency Arrangements, Medscape, March 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Simple cheek swab saves newborns from deafness, Independent, January 2020
Profile Dame Sue Black: One girl's case led me to pursue abusers, Guardian March 2019
Could yoga save prisoners from a life of crime? Guardian, September 2018
Life and death: GPs referring patients to food banks, The Guardian, February 2018
Profile of Greater Manchester's head of devolved health John Rowse, Guardian, March 2017
GP data sharing transforms care for homeless, Guardian, February 2017
Ex offender scheme cuts reoffending cycle, Guardian, January 2017
Vicars and GPs join forces in rural Cumbria, Guardian, December 2016
Walking game that improves health without communities noticing, Guardian, November 2016
Digital technology helps patients with long-term conditions, November 2016
GPs acting as one-stop shop for troubled families in Oldham, Guardian, September 2016
Coverage of NHS Health and Innovation Conference 2016, Guardian, September 2016
How Manchester plans to be the best place for dementia care, Guardian, August 2016
Future of mobile-centric health care, The Guardian, August 2016
Specialist centres could boost ovarian cancer survival, The Guardian, July 2016
UK NHS medical director defends overseas staff, The Guardian, July 2016
What can mindfulness teach the police? The Guardian, June 2016
Playstation game helps veterans in prison, The Guardian, June 2016
Could a new research partnership make Manchester healthier? June 2016
Crowd funding for Alzheimer's drug? The Guardian, April 2016
Could music cut the cost of dementia care? The Guardian, February 2016
New concerns about devolving health to the regions, The Guardian, November 2015
Hospital offers food parcels to at risk patients, The Guardian, October 2015
Should Acupuncture be used more widely in the NHS? Guardian, October 2015
How assistive technology can help people with autism, Guardian October 2015
How iPad app relaxes child patients before operations, Guardian, July 2015
Could proton beam therapy help cure the UK's toughest cancers?, Guardian, August 2015
New programme aims to identify what matters most to patients? Guardian, August 2015
Burns nurse championing victims of honour abuse, Guardian, July 2015
What makes an outstanding GP practice, Guardian Healthcare, July 2015
Harold Ellis: My distress at whistleblowers being bullied in the NHS, Guardian, February, 2015
Tony Redmond: The NHS medic leading the fight against Ebola, Guardian, December 2014
Amputees get new lease of life from new prosthetics centre, Guardian, December 2014
Ebola: Skype consultations could prevent an outbreak, Guardian, October 2014
Ramadan fast can put Muslims with diabetes at risk, The Guardian, June 2014
Parenting scheme cuts number of children going into care, The Guardian, March 2014
Football fans get FFIT through Scottish premiership obesity scheme, Guardian, January 2014
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