Press Gazette, April 2020
From February 2020 onwards, I covered England's PPE scandal for prestigious specialist publication HSJ. From the first government assurances that enough stock was in place to the crippling shortages that followed, I reported on the challenges facing the NHS procurement staff scrambling to protect frontline workers in a series of exclusives recognised by Press Gazette as "Excellence in Reporting Coronavirus".
As the government raced to buy up equipment, my colleagues and I revealed the incredible sums ministers had earmarked for protective kit. I continue to cover the effect of this spending on the public purse, as the government continues to shell out a significant amount of money on the storage of what has been shown to be largely unusable stock.
While working as a correspondent for HSJ, I investigated a number of health scandals with national implications, from the impact of pension scheme changes on breast cancer waits to the sharing of mental health patient data with multinational firms. I uncovered these exclusive stories by analysing data, working closely with sources and filing freedom of information requests.
