Jennifer Trueland
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Jennifer Trueland
@jentrueland.bsky.social
Writer on health and other things. Based in Scotland.
Unbelievably chuffed for my dear friend Dani - so well-deserved :)
I had to read the email a dozen times before I believed it. To sit alongside journalists whose work I admire so much doesn't feel real.
📢 2025 Orwell Prize Finalists Announced!

The Orwell Prizes celebrate the year's best political writing and reporting, inspired by George Orwell's values of clarity, courage, and fidelity to truth.

Explore this year's shortlists & judges’ reflections: open.substack.com/pub/orwellfo...
May 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The current situation is just crackers - waiting lists and demand for care are high and doctors can't get jobs. Awful for individuals and for patients.
May 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Writing a piece for Nursing Standard and looking to speak to a #nurse who has 'soldiered on' at work despite being sick. Can be anonymous. DMs will be open in a minute.
May 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Excellent use of 'scunnered' in this perceptive piece on the likely impact of Reform in Scotland by my pal @danigaravelli.bsky.social. (many other good words too). www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/sco...
Reform is ending Scotland’s indyref era
The country’s politics has been defined by the independence question for more than a decade. Now Nigel Farage’s party is forcing a realignment
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
What really goes on in rural and remote medicine beyond the shiny lifestyle-heavy job adverts? It's actually pretty special - as a new credential underlines.
April 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Okay, Duo, no need to rub it in.
December 3, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Turns out the Giant’s Causeway is pretty cool. Even (especially?) in the rain.
November 17, 2024 at 3:41 PM