Victoria Macdonald
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United Kingdom
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Past articles by Victoria:
NHS drug shortage spikes by 200% in a year
The economic chaos and rising prices are being felt in the health sector too, where inflation is hitting medicine manufacturers. → Read More
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. → Read More
NHS sickle cell patients face barriers to new treatment
A new drug approved for use in the NHS could see as many as a third of the 15,000 sickle cell patients in this country getting a treatment that reduces that pain. → Read More
Revealed: Dozens of deaths and stillbirths at maternity units cost hospital trust £103m in damages over decade
More than £100 million has been paid out in damages by one hospital trust over 10 years after its maternity units were accused of being responsible for dozens of deaths and stillbirths, Channel 4 News can reveal. → Read More
Long Covid: Sick and suffering face long wait for help
More than a million people in the UK are thought to have long Covid, their symptoms ranging from fatigue to breathlessness to joint pain, to name just a few. → Read More
New global index ranks countries’ efforts to tackle drug use
A new consortium of drug policy, civil society and community organisations has developed a data index which ranks countries according to how well they're dealing with the problem → Read More
Covid early response one of worst public health failures in UK history, say MPs
MPs have described the government's handling of the pandemic as one of the worst public health failures the UK has ever experienced. → Read More
Malnourished children dying in Idlib hospitals overwhelmed by Covid
Malnourished children are dying from Covid in one of the last rebel-held areas in Syria, where crowded hospitals are struggling to cope with an influx of patients suffering from the virus. → Read More
Revealed: Over 30 deaths in Nottingham maternity units scandal
Dozens of babies have died or been left with brain damage at a maternity service accused of bad care and neglect, a joint investigation by Channel 4 News and The Independent has found. → Read More
Revealed: Over 30 babies die in Nottingham maternity units scandal
Dozens of babies have died or been left with brain damage at a maternity service accused of bad care and neglect, a joint investigation by Channel 4 News and The Independent has found. → Read More
‘My dad might still be here if he had been supported as a key worker’ – son of man who died from Covid on Cummings’ testimony
Lobby Akinnola’s father died aged 60 with Covid last April. Mr Akinnola’s father was a care worker who had to improvise his own PPE. → Read More
Herd immunity controversy reignited by Boris Johnson’s former adviser Dominic Cummings
The controversy over whether the government originally had a herd immunity plan to tackle the pandemic was reignited today by Boris Johnson’s former adviser Dominic Cummings. The government has denied all of Mr Cummings’ allegations. → Read More
Covid vaccines to be rolled out to over-40s in England
Covid vaccines could be offered to people aged over 40 as early as this week, according to one NHS official, and doses of the Moderna vaccine may also begin to be rolled out in England. → Read More
UK and European regulators declare AstraZeneca vaccine ‘safe and effective’
UK and European regulators have declared the AstraZeneca vaccine is "safe and effective" and its benefits in protecting people from Covid far outweigh any risks. → Read More
One year of Covid in the UK – a hospital’s story
We have spent the week at Warwick Hospital, a small district general, talking to the staff about their year - what they have seen, how they have coped, and what their hopes are now. → Read More
AstraZeneca vaccine may reduce Covid transmission by 67%
There has been some encouraging news today on the vaccines front. → Read More
‘The beds aren’t even getting cold’: Inside a London hospital full with Covid patients
Ealing Hospital is just one of hundreds across the country buckling under the weight of new admissions. → Read More
How long will it take for vaccinations to reduce deaths?
How soon can we expect the mass vaccinations to begin driving down the numbers of people dying with the virus? → Read More
People ordered to stay at home in new English lockdown
Our correspondents Victoria Macdonald and Gary Gibbon react to the PM’s statement. → Read More
Year-long hospital waiting list in England at highest level since 2008
Another impact of the pandemic - hospital waiting times in England have also shot up alarmingly, as new figures from NHS England have shown. → Read More