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Adele Waters

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As seen in: The BMJ, MSN, Daily Mail, Irish Daily Mail, MSN South Africa, Nature, Scottish Daily Mail, Wiley Online Library, In Practice Magazine, Veterinary Record, Which? Conversation and
Covers:  Health care Medicine; Veterinary; General + Management; Lifestyle; Relationships
Journalist - on the health beat for 25 years+. Currently at BMJ plus freelancing. Also writing local stuff again as I've moved to Surrey + gone all posh..:)

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Adele Waters’s Biography

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Multi award-winning journalist

Strong background in healthcare journalism for consumer and professional audiences

As a freelance contributor, I have written for most UK daily and weekend newspapers

Extensive experience in writing and managing all types of content – news, features, investigations, editorials or comment articles as well as clinical content, white papers/thought leadership content plus commercial editorial.

Worked for a range of media organisations during 25+-year media career in…

Articles

Hospital doctors ‘propping up’ GP advice and guidance scheme, survey suggests

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By Adele Waters Verified
| Doctors.net.uk Verified
By Adele Waters Hospital specialists are being forced to spend their own time advising GPs about potential referrals, with many reporting that they complete this advice work during the evenings and on weekends. That is the key finding from a survey carried out by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), which found almost half (47%) of physicians do not have NHS Advice and Guidance (A&G) work factored into their work contracts.
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Claire is desperate to find a cure for her twin's rare disease, and is on the cusp of succeeding

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By Adele Waters Verified
| MSN Verified
Claire Bergstrom Johnson vividly remembers the moment her childhood changed for ever. At the age of seven her non-identical twin, Maegan, suddenly collapsed in the school playground. ‘I remember running when the bell rang to go back inside from recess and found her on the ground in the sandpit, unable to get up,' Claire, now 30, recalls. ‘Maegan kept trying to get back up but she just couldn't.
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What challenges await the new health secretary?

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By Adele Waters Verified
| Doctors.net.uk Verified
By Adele Waters and PA Media Within hours of taking office as the UK’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham announced Yvette Cooper — a seasoned Labour Party heavyweight — as his new health secretary. What will that mean for doctors and the NHS? Why is there a new health secretary? Andy Burnham has just taken office as new UK prime minister, following Sir Keir Starmer stepping down last month.
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Mental Health Story of the Year

2025 - Mental Health

Awarded by the Medical Journalists’ Association

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Feature of the Year (Consumer Press)

2025 - Feature Writing Excellence

Medical Journalists’ Association

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Freelancer of the Year

2024 - Excellence in Freelance Journalism

Medical Journalists’ Association

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