Thrilled to have Poppy on board - send health stories our way 💫💫

I’m delighted to start this week as Health Correspondent at the Times! Really looking forward to working alongside the brilliant Eleanor Hayward.

Please get in touch for coffee/ tips!

Why are more young people getting cancer?

Experts say the increase in diagnoses could be down to a rise in obesity, alcohol and smoking, as well as changes in diet and the microbiome ⬇️ thetimes.co.uk/article/prince…

Young women are being bombarded with egg freezing ads on social media, fuelling anxieties about their fertility.
Are they being sold an expensive medical procedure which they don't need and might not work?
Story with Jo Crawford
thetimes.co.uk/article/fertil…

THE TIMES: Just 1 in 4 say NHS is working #TomorrowsPapersToday

This is incredible - World-first cancer treatment saves man given nine months to live

via Eleanor Hayward The Times and The Sunday Times

thetimes.co.uk/article/world-…

THE TIMES: Doctors to track patients’ step counts on NHS app #TomorrowsPapersToday

Wednesday's TIMES: Labour in crisis after a second suspension
#tomorrowspaperstoday

Shocking exclusive from our new health editor Eleanor Hayward.

More than 100 women who had their eggs frozen at a prestigious NHS fertility clinic have been told that they may no longer be viable because of a fault with the freezing process.

thetimes.co.uk/article/fault-…

Some personal news:

Tomorrow will be my last day at The Times, after 11½ years working with some amazing colleagues.

I'm moving to The Guardian to be Global Health Correspondent later this month.

Stories, tips and ideas on my new beat welcome!

“We should second Tony the Tiger off Frosties and on to buy-one-get-one-free deals for fruit and veg” - Wes Streeting MP told The Times and The Sunday Times Health Summit Labour would “steamroller” the food industry into promoting healthier products, as Eleanor Hayward reports thetimes.co.uk/article/labour…

I was first stopped and searched by police when I was 16 on suspicion of kidnap. Since 2003 I’ve been stopped almost 30 times. I’ve written about those interactions and what I’ve learnt during my time on the crime beat The Times and The Sunday Times.

📸Tom Jackson

thetimes.co.uk/article/police…

The Times: Elderly ‘will bear brunt of strikes at
Christmas’ #TomorrowsPapersToday

Exclusive: Charities and NHS leaders warn it will be “extremely difficult” to keep elderly patients safe over Christmas and New Year due to the biggest doctors’ strike in history. Some A&E units have been forced to close for duration of strikes.
thetimes.co.uk/article/elderl…

Hundreds more middle-aged adults have been dying each month since the pandemic ended, largely due to preventable conditions including heart disease and diabetes.
Covid inquiry is now being urged to examine causes of these persistently high excess deaths.
thetimes.co.uk/article/middle…

NHS is being “micromanaged to death” Jeremy Hunt told The Times and The Sunday Times Health Commission, as Eleanor Hayward reports thetimes.co.uk/article/jeremy…