Wondering where your ALCS payment actually comes from? Ingrid is here to talk you through your statement 💰 youtube.com/shorts/wk3um...

Ah Spring in Sheffield. On Saturday boiling hot running in the Peaks. Today snow. Electric blanket for at-home working has immediately come back out.

Ahem I think you’ll find it’s called tuna mayo and ‘peculiar’ is a bit much from a country that thinks marshmallow is a savoury ingredient…. That said, my journalism students were covering opening of Sheffield SpudBros last year. There was indeed a huge queue.

Wait. Jacket potatoes went away?

School called - the 12yo fell and put a deep gravel graze (hole?) into his hip. They'd patched him up but was feeling sick and pale. First time I've ever been called for an injury/illness for him. The other two however... once had a call cos the eldest age 5 had zipped skin on tummy into her coat 😱

Now we're starring in our members' dreams! It's getting serious you guys.. 🥰

The Orwell Prize is seeking health and social care submissions. There are three categories: Journalism, Exposing Britain’s Social Evils, and Reporting Homelessness. Find out more: mjauk.org/2026/03/22/o...

Last night I was having vivid dreams about a possible @alcs.co.uk payment and it came true! Gotta love that magic money tree

No new cases of MenB linked to the Kent outbreak today. The running tally is 29 with 20 confirmed. Fingers crossed for everyone that the antibiotic and vaccination efforts have done the job. Still plenty to learn about why the outbreak was so large. Incredibly tragic that two young people died.

Keely Hodgkinson makes it three golds in half an hour for Britain 🙌 www.thetimes.com/article/3d76...

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: More than a million teenagers across England have missed out on meningitis vaccines at school during the past nine years www.thetimes.com/article/eaa3...

Figures continue to rise on MenB outbreak to 34 cases. 4500 vaccinations have been given and over 10,500 doses of antibiotics have been administered @ukhsa.bsky.social has said.

As officials work to understand why there has been such a large unusual cluster of menB in Kent, this piece looks at what happens at Club Chemistry… www.thetimes.com/article/8e8b...

Thanks to @rosietaylorjourno.bsky.social for her invaluable insights into Social Media for Reluctant Journalists. To access the full webinar visit freelancingforjournalists.substack.com/p/social-med...

Every woman in British journalism today pays a debt of gratitude to Dame Jenni Murray. An unswerving force, never cowed by the pressures of male editorial domination. No doubt in her mind exactly who she spoke for, and to. An inspiration. Thank you. Rest in power.

People often ask how I earn money as a journalist who only writes about running. And how do I get my random assignments (like being chased by bloodhounds)? I realise freelancing can be a bit of an enigma especially in a niche like running. So here’s how I do it. open.substack.com/pub/runningm...

Supposed to be in Belfast on a very long awaited, well planned weekend to see Tim Key, Antrim coast and Titanic experience. Instead sat on runway at Manchester for an hour, before plane was cancelled. No other options. So that’s it. Thanks EasyJet. Found a rural hotel to avoid going home

My piece for @bmj.com about what doctors need to know about the MenB outbreak in Kent www.bmj.com/content/392/...

This is very cool ... (now, who's going to be the first to set an FKT?) ... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hey @eastmidsrailway.bsky.social if your train WiFi is so bad I can’t even send an email then I don’t think you can claim to offer free train WiFi

@ukhsa.bsky.social has now announced 27 MenB cases linked to the Kent outbreak 15 of which are laboratory confirmed. Still no spread beyond the community affected. The scale of the outbreak is very unusual. GPs around country able to give preventive antibiotics for students who since travelled home

A coroner has raised serious concerns about communication failures at an NHS hospital after a GP spent more than 30 minutes unsuccessfully trying to alert staff about a critically unwell patient who later died. www.doctors.net.uk/news/man-die...

The ⬆️ demand for MenB vaccinations through pharmacies and GPs being asked for it on the NHS, does show that there is a great deal of trust in vaccines when people perceive the risk to be high. We talk a lot about vaccine hesitancy (rightly so) but we should also remember most people do want them.

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@ukhsa.bsky.social have announced a targeted vaccination programme in halls of residence in Canterbury "given the severity" of the meningitis B outbreak that has impacted 15 individuals with two deaths. On broader vaccine policy, Wes Streeting has said he has asked the JCVI to review.

Yo. If, like mine, your kid hopes to go to uni in September, make sure to stump up £200 for Men B vaccine in advance of freshers week. 2 doses, a month apart.

This meningitis outbreak is incredibly tragic and very worrying for students in Kent. Outbreaks like this used to happen more often. We're lucky to have vaccines/antibiotics available. We wait to get updates from @ukhsa.bsky.social about this particular strain. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce...

I mean whoever thought would be a good idea 🫣

“The police and CPS have shown consistently – in multiple areas and in numerous cases – that they do not act appropriately or with sensitivity. In several cases they have only targeted the woman, and not investigated potential abuse by a coercive partner.”

“doubts about vaccines are increasingly spilling into refusal of other mainstays of pediatric medicine, including antibiotics, medications like Tylenol and diagnostic procedures like spinal taps.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/h...

I’ll be chairing a panel of journalists at this - it’s going to be a great afternoon!

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You know all those people who say, why do the media pay so much attention to US politics, what's it got to do with us. I refer them to the current state of all things...

"Girls described how sexist stereotypes shaped their lives from an early age" theconversation.com/making-sense...

The UK is on the brink of losing its low incidence TB status. I looked at why and what we can do to reverse the trend for @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Should health journalists be on TikTok? A really interesting read for the MJA website by our member @rosietaylorjourno.bsky.social Taylor who describes her own journey from hiding away from the camera to now having posts viewed over a million times: mjauk.org/2026/03/11/s...

I will never understand people who do think through consequences of actions even for a second. Apropos of nothing in particular of course...

We have a great webinar coming up this month with award winning freelancer @rosietaylorjourno.bsky.social. She will be sharing tips and advice on how being active on social media can benefit your journalism. Grab your ticket on the link below. www.tickettailor.com/events/freel...

The MJA is concerned about reports that journalists are being barred from medical conferences after an update to the ABPI code on public access to info about drugs now including journalists. Please let us know at [email protected] if you have been impacted by this.

👀 Did you post this to my office? Written with pink/purple ink? I'd really like to talk to you if so, I can protect your identity but what you sent was really important but not enough on its own. Get in touch via DM email etc... Pls RT.

Donna Ockenden has been named as chair of an investigation into maternity services in Leeds, following a campaign by families: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This week was 3.... At one point thought it would be just 1 and that is the worst case scenario for all involved...

Great to see headlines from our annual lecture today in the BBC, Guardian and Telegraph as well as Healthcare Leader and The Pharmacist. For our write-up of the night see below.

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No music this evening. Just finished 'Ultra Women' – this excellent book by @lilycanter.bsky.social and @emmajourno.bsky.social I can't recommend this book enough to anyone who is into ultra running/endurance or sports in general. An important, eye-opening and inspiring book. #UltraRunning

Niece visiting for weekend so brought with daughter to Meadowhall. They’ve left me to do their own thing (I’m good enough to carry coats). So far have bought a pyrex measuring jug. Sure this is unrelated to them not hanging out with me…

Chris Whitty’s ‘tour de force’ at MJA Annual Lecture mjauk.org/2026/03/06/c...

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

This is why we need big newsrooms with lots of reporters who can dig into things. www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/with...

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