Emma Wilkinson
@emmajourno.bsky.social
Freelance journalist writing about medicine/health/biosciences. Bylines in BMJ, Pulse, Pharmaceutical Journal, Sunday Times, Lancet, BBC and more. Co-founder Freelancing for Journalists. Co-author of Ultra Women. Often found running up Sheffield hills.
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Emma Wilkinson
@emmajourno.bsky.social
· Oct 30
Well they said no one would be interested cos it’s about women… so it was a bit of a jaw-dropping moment to find out that @lilycanter.bsky.social and I have made it on to the @bookieprize.bsky.social for Ultra Women. (Currently running around the house screaming excitedly!!)
This is really worrying but inevitable and something public health officials had been predicting. Lots of pockets of very low uptake in London for complex reasons including access/poverty/transient populations. NHS is trying to address as @shaunlintern.bsky.social points out but needs resource
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Health officials are racing to contain a growing measles outbreak in London, which has struck down dozens of young children and affected 7 schools and a nursery.
UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases:
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases:
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
London measles outbreak: more than 60 children infected
Cases are spreading between children in Enfield as the virus exploits low MMR vaccination rates, medical experts say
www.thetimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:42 PM
This is really worrying but inevitable and something public health officials had been predicting. Lots of pockets of very low uptake in London for complex reasons including access/poverty/transient populations. NHS is trying to address as @shaunlintern.bsky.social points out but needs resource
Reposted by Emma Wilkinson
This matters because London has among the lowest vaccination rates for measles in England - there are many pockets of unvaccinated communities that could be at significant risk from a runaway outbreak:
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Health officials are racing to contain a growing measles outbreak in London, which has struck down dozens of young children and affected 7 schools and a nursery.
UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases:
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases:
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
London measles outbreak: more than 60 children infected
Cases are spreading between children in Enfield as the virus exploits low MMR vaccination rates, medical experts say
www.thetimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:49 PM
This matters because London has among the lowest vaccination rates for measles in England - there are many pockets of unvaccinated communities that could be at significant risk from a runaway outbreak:
Just listened and was cheering @hannahfearn.bsky.social on wholeheartedly in the ‘good guy’ thing. Put so so well!! 🙌
Latest Oh God, What's Happening with Starmer Now is out now....
I'm in it.
Please enjoy your Friday!
I'm in it.
Please enjoy your Friday!
First thing on Monday it looked like Starmer was organic sourdough toast. By teatime he looked safe – for now. Can the PM weather the brutal months ahead? @nndroid.bsky.social, @rmcunliffe.bsky.social, @hannahfearn.bsky.social & guest @morganj0nes.bsky.social discuss ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
February 13, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Just listened and was cheering @hannahfearn.bsky.social on wholeheartedly in the ‘good guy’ thing. Put so so well!! 🙌
Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days
Free condoms for competitors at the Winter Olympics have run out within a record-breaking three days
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
Had a whistle stop tour of London yesterday having various meetings but it started with @lilycanter.bsky.social and I having a blooming lovely chat about Ultra Women with Ben and Rick from the @runnersworld.bsky.social pod
February 13, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Had a whistle stop tour of London yesterday having various meetings but it started with @lilycanter.bsky.social and I having a blooming lovely chat about Ultra Women with Ben and Rick from the @runnersworld.bsky.social pod
Lucy is so excited to get through to the English finals. She’s also known Freya since they were 3 and besties at nursery. They did their first school cross country age 8… #proudmum
KES Superstars! We are thrilled to announce that Year 10 students Freya and Lucy have been selected for the SY Schools' Cross Country team and will represent the region at the English Schools' Championships in Liverpool on 14 March. We couldn’t be prouder of them!
February 12, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Lucy is so excited to get through to the English finals. She’s also known Freya since they were 3 and besties at nursery. They did their first school cross country age 8… #proudmum
Bureaucracy, contracts, clearing backlog blah blah. How about we put patients back at the centre of decisions. She’s a child who has grown out of her wheelchair - that is an urgent clinical need.
February 12, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Bureaucracy, contracts, clearing backlog blah blah. How about we put patients back at the centre of decisions. She’s a child who has grown out of her wheelchair - that is an urgent clinical need.
Reposted by Emma Wilkinson
Girl, 6, left waiting for new wheelchair for a year
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Girl, 6, left waiting for new wheelchair for a year
Alba is among 2,018 wheelchair users whose orders were not transferred to a new contractor.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Girl, 6, left waiting for new wheelchair for a year
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I’m going to seriously jinx this but I’m on a train to London and it’s on time and I have a seat and a plug socket…
February 12, 2026 at 9:11 AM
I’m going to seriously jinx this but I’m on a train to London and it’s on time and I have a seat and a plug socket…
Can anyone remember a time from before the rain…. I don’t know when I last saw sky. Just a layer of mist….
a person is sitting in a chair in the fog .
ALT: a person is sitting in a chair in the fog .
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Can anyone remember a time from before the rain…. I don’t know when I last saw sky. Just a layer of mist….
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First cup of tea: the day’s parachute opens and I float gently into the morning.
February 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM
First cup of tea: the day’s parachute opens and I float gently into the morning.
You can mess around with breakfast all you want (green smoothies yuck) but you will never better boiled egg and soldiers
February 9, 2026 at 9:26 AM
You can mess around with breakfast all you want (green smoothies yuck) but you will never better boiled egg and soldiers
Reposted by Emma Wilkinson
An attempt to block a transplant surgeon who sexually harassed four female colleagues from returning to practice has failed
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Court upholds return of Oxford surgeon who harassed colleagues
James Gilbert, who was based in Oxford, was previously suspended for sexual harassment.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 8:53 AM
An attempt to block a transplant surgeon who sexually harassed four female colleagues from returning to practice has failed
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anyone else see a cute friendly robot having a nap…
February 7, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Anyone else see a cute friendly robot having a nap…
Two eldest kids running for Sheffield in South Yorkshire schools cross country race today. Ground was mainly sludge. The 15yo managed to mix in a massive nose bleed at the end 🤦🏼♀️. The 12yo went straight off to do an escape room so we’ll have to chip that mud off at some point… character building 👍🏻
February 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Two eldest kids running for Sheffield in South Yorkshire schools cross country race today. Ground was mainly sludge. The 15yo managed to mix in a massive nose bleed at the end 🤦🏼♀️. The 12yo went straight off to do an escape room so we’ll have to chip that mud off at some point… character building 👍🏻
Reposted by Emma Wilkinson
It definitely feels like the tide is starting to turn in women's running. The National Running Show last weekend was a great example of this and demonstrates why the women's running boom can no longer be ignored.
runningmatters.substack.com/p/why-im-exc...
runningmatters.substack.com/p/why-im-exc...
Why I'm excited about the next big running boom
The women's revolution continues
runningmatters.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:03 PM
It definitely feels like the tide is starting to turn in women's running. The National Running Show last weekend was a great example of this and demonstrates why the women's running boom can no longer be ignored.
runningmatters.substack.com/p/why-im-exc...
runningmatters.substack.com/p/why-im-exc...
The explainer we all needed www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
‘Penisgate’ at the Olympics: why inject acid into your penis, and what are the health risks?
The World Anti-Doping Agency is investigating whether ski jumpers were injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid in order to fly further
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The explainer we all needed www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
Looking at the long range weather forecast I guess I’d better get used to running in this grot. The ‘path’ was full on river at one point…
February 6, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Looking at the long range weather forecast I guess I’d better get used to running in this grot. The ‘path’ was full on river at one point…
Had to get up at 5.30am to interview someone in Japan and my body did not like that at all. Once again completely baffled by how breakfast TV/radio presenters and their teams do it....
February 6, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Had to get up at 5.30am to interview someone in Japan and my body did not like that at all. Once again completely baffled by how breakfast TV/radio presenters and their teams do it....
Beat the 10yo at MarioKart and he claims its cos I grew up in the 80s so I can play the 'old games'. Dude the most I could hope for when I was a kid was Lemmings on my Dad's work PC. Didn't even have a GameBoy. Guess I'm just an excellent driver 🙌
February 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Beat the 10yo at MarioKart and he claims its cos I grew up in the 80s so I can play the 'old games'. Dude the most I could hope for when I was a kid was Lemmings on my Dad's work PC. Didn't even have a GameBoy. Guess I'm just an excellent driver 🙌
Only have headspace to follow so much political shenanigans but surely Mandelson's return was based solely on the basis that he was known to be well dodgy and would therefore be able to get on with other dodgy people... Back I go to writing about how poverty and inequality is awful and worsening
February 5, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Only have headspace to follow so much political shenanigans but surely Mandelson's return was based solely on the basis that he was known to be well dodgy and would therefore be able to get on with other dodgy people... Back I go to writing about how poverty and inequality is awful and worsening
Grab your spot for this webinar later this month on pitching comment pieces with @hannahfearn.bsky.social - given she won the @freelancingfor.bsky.social award this year for best opinion writer, I can't really think of a better person to get advice from!!!!
Freelancing for Journalists is running a workshop on How to Pitch Comment Pieces with experienced opinion writer and former The Independent Comment Editor Hannah Fearn on February 25. www.tickettailor.com/events/freel...
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February 5, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Grab your spot for this webinar later this month on pitching comment pieces with @hannahfearn.bsky.social - given she won the @freelancingfor.bsky.social award this year for best opinion writer, I can't really think of a better person to get advice from!!!!
Reposted by Emma Wilkinson
Inside the NHS cancer crisis as senior doctors warn of treatment ‘disaster’ - special report by MJA member Rebecca Thomas www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Inside the NHS cancer crisis as senior doctors warn of treatment ‘disaster’
The NHS can offer more treatments for cancer than ever before, but clinicians warn that staff shortages mean patients cannot get these life-saving treatments in time, as Rebecca Thomas reports
www.independent.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Inside the NHS cancer crisis as senior doctors warn of treatment ‘disaster’ - special report by MJA member Rebecca Thomas www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Reposted by Emma Wilkinson
GPs could carry out more checks for heart disease and diabetes as part of the NHS Health Check prevention programme but are being limited by caps imposed by local authorities, a Pulse investigation by @annacolivicchi.bsky.social has found
www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinica...
www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinica...
Exclusive: GPs in more than 70 areas told to limit NHS Health Checks
GPs could carry out more NHS Health Checks programme but are being limited by caps imposed by local authorities.
www.pulsetoday.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 7:55 AM
GPs could carry out more checks for heart disease and diabetes as part of the NHS Health Check prevention programme but are being limited by caps imposed by local authorities, a Pulse investigation by @annacolivicchi.bsky.social has found
www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinica...
www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinica...
Reposted by Emma Wilkinson
This should be good. If you're a member of the MJA make sure you log in to the website and RSVP as places are limited.
🚨 BREAKING: Professor Chris Whitty to deliver the 2026 MJA Annual Lecture - an exclusive event for our journalists and invited guests. Log in to the website and RSVP here: mjauk.org/2026/02/04/p...
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February 4, 2026 at 1:44 PM
This should be good. If you're a member of the MJA make sure you log in to the website and RSVP as places are limited.