Victoria Macdonald
@vsmacdonald.bsky.social
Health and Social Care Editor for Channel 4 News. Chair of Validity.NGO. Kiwi in the UK
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really pleased to be able to write about our latest report on strengthening the resilience of our public bodies for LSE!
Written with @martinmckee.bsky.social .
Report here
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
blog here
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Written with @martinmckee.bsky.social .
Report here
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
blog here
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
October 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
really pleased to be able to write about our latest report on strengthening the resilience of our public bodies for LSE!
Written with @martinmckee.bsky.social .
Report here
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
blog here
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Written with @martinmckee.bsky.social .
Report here
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
blog here
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
Looking for help - @fertilityalliance.bsky.social has a survey they conducting. HTTPS://s.surveyplanet.com/icxcjn2u
October 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Looking for help - @fertilityalliance.bsky.social has a survey they conducting. HTTPS://s.surveyplanet.com/icxcjn2u
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Obesity related illnesses have overtaken HIV to become the number one cause of death in South Africa - where 50 per cent of adults are now overweight or obese.
Read @vsmacdonald.bsky.social's report from Cape Town.
www.channel4.com/news/south-a...
Read @vsmacdonald.bsky.social's report from Cape Town.
www.channel4.com/news/south-a...
South Africa’s obesity crisis: preventing a disaster
In South Africa, obesity related illnesses are the number one cause of death - HIV the fourth.
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March 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Obesity related illnesses have overtaken HIV to become the number one cause of death in South Africa - where 50 per cent of adults are now overweight or obese.
Read @vsmacdonald.bsky.social's report from Cape Town.
www.channel4.com/news/south-a...
Read @vsmacdonald.bsky.social's report from Cape Town.
www.channel4.com/news/south-a...
Channel 4 News’ @FactCheck team: a database of secret NHS files that reveal 1 in 3 English hospitals are missing at least 10% of their planned nurses across their wards. Find out how many nurses are missing from your local hospital using our new tool - NurseCheck. Head to channel4.com/nursecheck.
FactCheck reveals: England’s missing nurses
These are the secret NHS files you weren’t supposed to see.
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March 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Channel 4 News’ @FactCheck team: a database of secret NHS files that reveal 1 in 3 English hospitals are missing at least 10% of their planned nurses across their wards. Find out how many nurses are missing from your local hospital using our new tool - NurseCheck. Head to channel4.com/nursecheck.
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Disabled women in the UK face significant inequalities in maternal healthcare, according to a new report shared exclusively with Channel 4 News.
Our Health Editor @vsmacdonald.bsky.social spoke to three women about their experience navigating parenthood with a disability.
Our Health Editor @vsmacdonald.bsky.social spoke to three women about their experience navigating parenthood with a disability.
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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March 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Disabled women in the UK face significant inequalities in maternal healthcare, according to a new report shared exclusively with Channel 4 News.
Our Health Editor @vsmacdonald.bsky.social spoke to three women about their experience navigating parenthood with a disability.
Our Health Editor @vsmacdonald.bsky.social spoke to three women about their experience navigating parenthood with a disability.
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USAID – severity and speed of cuts causing despair in South Africa
Read and watch here:
www.channel4.com/news/usaid-s...
Read and watch here:
www.channel4.com/news/usaid-s...
USAID – severity and speed of cuts causing despair in South Africa
The US government said it had halted their programmes because it wanted to put America first. In other statements they referred to 'rooting out waste' and 'blocking woke programmes'.
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March 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
USAID – severity and speed of cuts causing despair in South Africa
Read and watch here:
www.channel4.com/news/usaid-s...
Read and watch here:
www.channel4.com/news/usaid-s...
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The Bishop of Liverpool is accused of sexually assaulting one woman and harassing a fellow bishop.
Channel 4 News can reveal a new Church scandal and allegations of a cover-up by the man currently at the helm of the Church of England. 1/10
Channel 4 News can reveal a new Church scandal and allegations of a cover-up by the man currently at the helm of the Church of England. 1/10
January 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Bishop of Liverpool is accused of sexually assaulting one woman and harassing a fellow bishop.
Channel 4 News can reveal a new Church scandal and allegations of a cover-up by the man currently at the helm of the Church of England. 1/10
Channel 4 News can reveal a new Church scandal and allegations of a cover-up by the man currently at the helm of the Church of England. 1/10
This is required reading by the Guardian’s Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social
What the hell is wrong with our society and particularly with social care. CHC funding is a mess and needs to be dealt with so this doesn’t happen.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What the hell is wrong with our society and particularly with social care. CHC funding is a mess and needs to be dealt with so this doesn’t happen.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all | Frances Ryan
Rosy is unable to move, breathe or eat unassisted. Yet for hours a day she is being left completely alone, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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January 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
This is required reading by the Guardian’s Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social
What the hell is wrong with our society and particularly with social care. CHC funding is a mess and needs to be dealt with so this doesn’t happen.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What the hell is wrong with our society and particularly with social care. CHC funding is a mess and needs to be dealt with so this doesn’t happen.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...