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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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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

Detransitioners are “abandoned” as NHS fails to offer specialist care

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By Adele Waters Verified
| The BMJ Verified
Adele Waters, freelance journalist Author affiliations adele.waters@me.com Thousands of former trans patients want to call a halt to their medical transition, but the NHS doesn’t offer them specialist care. Adele Waters asks what service the UK should offer this group of patients with complex needs Michael Kerr remembers the exact day he decided to detransition (discontinue his gender transition).
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Women will be a key focus of medical training review, says Dacre

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By Adele Waters Verified
| Doctors.net.uk Verified
By Adele Waters The current training system for doctors does not provide adequate support for women and addressing it will be a priority in the ongoing major review of medical training, its independent chair has said. Speaking at the BMA Medical Academic Staff Committee (MASC) conference (12 June), Professor Dame Jane Dacre said with the majority of those on the medical register being women, training for doctors needed to adapt.
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Resident doctor strikes called off as vote to be held on government offer

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By Adele Waters Verified
| Doctors.net.uk Verified
By Adele Waters Strikes planned to begin today by resident doctors have been cancelled after a last-minute offer from the government. The four-day strike—due to begin at 7am this morning — was called off to allow the BMA’s UK resident doctors committee (UKRDC) to put the offer to tens of thousands of frontline doctors in a referendum vote.
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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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