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Victoria Macdonald

@vsmacdonald

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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Joined March 2010
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Ravi Mehta just wants to go home for however long he has left but his ICB has spent 13 months fighting with him so he’s stuck in hospital.
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Trapped in hospital: Man with muscular dystrophy stuck on ward for 13 months channel4.com/news/trapped-in…
Trapped in hospital: Man with muscular dystrophy stuck on ward for 13 months

Trapped in hospital: Man with muscular dystrophy stuck on ward for 13 months

A 37-year-old man with a severe muscle wasting disease has been trapped in a hospital for more than 13 months because of a dispute over his care. 

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JELLY HEAD@LordOrkOct 22
Man with muscular dystrophy trapped on a hospital ward for 13 months Ravi Mehta used to receive NHS funding that allowed him to hire his own carers and to live at home That’s taken away and he is threatened with being put in a care home channel4.com/news/trapped-in… via @vsmacdonald
Trapped in hospital: Man with muscular dystrophy stuck on ward for 13 months

Trapped in hospital: Man with muscular dystrophy stuck on ward for 13 months

A 37-year-old man with a severe muscle wasting disease has been trapped in a hospital for more than 13 months because of a dispute over his care. 

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10,000 NHS jobs cut to fund US-UK pharma deal, signed by Starmer, says think tank channel4.com/news/10000-nhs-… via @vsmacdonald
UK-US Pharma deal could mean 10,000 fewer NHS staff, says think tank

UK-US Pharma deal could mean 10,000 fewer NHS staff, says think tank

Last year, Sir Keir Starmer signed a landmark deal with Donald Trump, committing the UK to spend more on American medicines in return for zero tariffs and better access to cutting-edge drugs.

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Assisted dying bill revisited but for one family it’s too late channel4.com/news/assisted-d…
Assisted dying bill revisited but for one family it’s too late

Assisted dying bill revisited but for one family it’s too late

Supporters of the assisted dying bill in England and Wales are trying for a second time to get it passed into law, with a vote in the House of Commons due later this week.

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Peter carter@DrCarterp118Sep 3
This is very worrying and distressing in equal measure @Channel4News @vsmacdonald @NursingTimes @NurseStandard @NHSEngland @Duncan_CNO @RosieDuffield1 @libdemdaisy @lauradonnlee @RoyLilley
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Nurse who was struck off has case overturned after ‘serious irregularities’ channel4.com/news/nurse-who-…
Nurse who was struck off has case overturned after ‘serious irregularities’

Nurse who was struck off has case overturned after ‘serious irregularities’

A nurse who was struck off from practicing after 10 years of defending herself has had her case overturned in the High Court.

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Nurse who was struck off has case overturned after ‘serious irregularities’ channel4.com/news/nurse-who-…
Nurse who was struck off has case overturned after ‘serious irregularities’

Nurse who was struck off has case overturned after ‘serious irregularities’

A nurse who was struck off from practicing after 10 years of defending herself has had her case overturned in the High Court.

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The final witness statements made today to the ⁦@covidinquiryuk⁩. A moving day after so many moving days.
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Health editors including @BBCHughPym and me in a room full of the brightest next leaders of the #NHS with wide-ranging and hard questions from @BrineHealth for @FMLM_UK . It made me optimistic for the future but we did make some suggestions - eg transparency, patient safety.
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Exclusive: Maternity scandal at one of the UK’s most prestigious NHS hospitals Joint Channel 4 News and New Statesman investigation reveals shocking allegations against Oxford University NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust, writes Health and Social Care Editor @vsmacdonald. channel4news.substack.com/p/…
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For the lack of adding spinal muscular atrophy to the heel prick test children are having delayed treatment. Below - a call for @wesstreeting to intervene channel4.com/news/children-w…
Children with debilitating genetic condition denied early life-changing test

Children with debilitating genetic condition denied early life-changing test

Children suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy are being denied a simple test at birth - which could give them the chance of a normal life.

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I’m very proud (and a little shocked) to say I won the gold award for Health at the 30 to Watch Journalism Awards last week. Huge thankyou to @vsmacdonald @JoannaPotts and @clairenewell4 for all their support so early in my career.
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The promise of a new, free life-extending drug for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy last December gave so many families hope. But as @vsmacdonald has found, those who are receiving it comes down to a postcode lottery. channel4.com/news/time-is-mu…

‘Time is muscle’ – children trapped in postcode lottery for life-extending drug

Channel 4 News has found that across England hospitals are either delaying or are refusing to give the new treatment for a form of muscular dystrophy.

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Hospital whistleblower wins right to protection in landmark case channel4.com/news/hospital-w… via @vsmacdonald @1MaxMclean @Integrity_NHS @MartynPitman @drcmday @wesstreeting @LaylaMoran @NazShahBfd @NHSEngland @CQCProf @BTHFT Bradford hospitals NHS Trust
Hospital whistleblower wins right to protection in landmark case

Hospital whistleblower wins right to protection in landmark case

The tribunal ruling will have massive implications for those who sit on trust boards across England. 

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Dr Chris Day@drcmday26 Mar 2025
Now the victory is public from that excellent C4 News interview, I will say this "Having had to deal myself with an NHS attempt to argue me and 54000 doctors out of whistleblowing protection, I am delighted that Max and his legal team have successfully resisted the NHS' plan to deprive the Chairs of all NHS Trusts of whistleblowing protection. As a doctor I can tell you the NHS desperately needs people like Max chairing its Boards. Max's victory is a victory for us all." Kudos Max! channel4.com/news/hospital-w… via @vsmacdonald
Hospital whistleblower wins right to protection in landmark case

Hospital whistleblower wins right to protection in landmark case

The tribunal ruling will have massive implications for those who sit on trust boards across England. 

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Channel 4 News’ @FactCheck team:a vast database of secret NHS files that reveal 1 in 3 English hospitals are missing at least 10% of their planned nurses across their wards.Fout how many nurses are missing from your local hospital using our - NurseCheck. channel4.com/nursecheck.
FactCheck reveals: England’s missing nurses

FactCheck reveals: England’s missing nurses

The secret NHS files you weren’t supposed to see: find your local hospital with NurseCheck.

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C4 News FactCheck@FactCheck19 Mar 2025

Coming soon - NHS Crisis: England's missing nurses

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Is it the world’s largest quango? Has that been verified?
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Official announcement notably silent on the legislation needed to abolish NHS England
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Disabled women face significant inequalities in pregnancy care channel4.com/news/disabled-w… via @vsmacdonald #DisabledWomen #MaternityCare
Disabled women face significant inequalities in pregnancy care

Disabled women face significant inequalities in pregnancy care

There are 2.4 million disabled women of reproductive age in the UK, constituting 20% of women in that age group. This is the first time their maternal healthcare has been reviewed.

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