Bit of a sore head after the #MJAAwards last night. Thank you again Medical Journalists' Association for my Freelancer of the Year award but also thank you to the brilliant editors who commission, scrutinise + polish: Justine Hancock at the Daily Mail and Jennifer Richardson at The BMJ + Rebecca Coombes

Adele Waters Adele Waters Great night at the #MJAAwards last night. Thank you Medical Journalists' Association judges headed by the health PR genius Nick Samuels for my Freelancer of the Year award. Lovely to meet delightful Dr Sian Williams too!

Today marks the first ever National Suicide Memorial Day for health and care workers. What lessons can we learn from doctor suicides? Read my article today The BMJ Doctors In Distress NHS Practitioner Health bmj.com/content/386/bm…

According to some estimates, one doctor dies by suicide every 10 days in the UK. On the first National Suicide Memorial Day for Health and Care Workers, Adele Waters speaks to doctors and families touched by suicide #NMDHCW NHS Practitioner Health bmj.com/content/386/bm…

Hello Louella Vaughan pls can you follow me so I can send you a direct message. I'm working on a story that I think will interest you. Thanks, Adele

Hello Margaret Stark - please could you follow me so I can send you a direct message? It is concerning a story for The BMJ. Thank you.

#sexualmisconduct against medical students is now too big a problem to ignore, say campaigners. Read at The BMJ @scrubsurvivors bmj.com/content/386/bm…

Child protection medicals must be carried out only by doctors, not PAs, say safeguarding experts bmj.com/content/387/bm… The BMJ Royal College of Physicians RCPCH

40 doctors from Royal College of Physicians demand apology from the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges after its intervention on the #PhysicianAssociate role. bmj.com/content/387/bm… The BMJ AoMRC

The controversy over physician associates (PAs) in the NHS is an issue that refuses to go away – my piece for today's Daily Mail summarises the chief issues. The goodwill of doctors and PAs has been eroded by poor NHS workforce planning – another issue that refuses to go away.

Just how did the Royal College of Physicians get into such a mess over physician associates? Dr David Nicholl David Oliver (also on Blue Sky) Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 Louella Vaughan Phil Smith Dr Rachel Clarke The BMJ bmj.com/content/387/bm…

If it hadn't been for maths teacher Mrs Ferguson, Prof Alison Leary 💙#ProtectNurse might never have become a prof working for the World Health Organization (WHO) . Read how she's now doing her bit to create equity of opportunity in nature: nature.com/articles/d4158… Teaching

Thousands of UK women have found the gynaecological procedure #hysteroscopy too painful to bear - my article for today’s Daily Mail underlines the importance of clinics following RoyalCollegeObsGyn⁩ guidelines. #hysteroscopy Hysteroscopy Action mol.im/a/14456067

Women still not being warned that #hysteroscopy can in some cases be extremely painful - so denied opportunity to have effective pain relief. 'Horror stories' here highlight failure of clinics to follow @RCObysGyn guidelines Adele Waters Hysteroscopy Action mol.im/a/14456067

Will the next president of the Royal College of Physicians be able to re-build its credibility? Doctors David Oliver (also on Blue Sky) Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 Phil Smith Dr Matt Kneale (🦋drmk.link) Dr Robert Laurenson have their say. bmj.com/content/388/bm… The BMJ Royal College of Physicians

Great to meet nurses in sunny Liverpool 😎for #RCNCongress. Nurses rcn - how do you achieve a healthy work-life balance? Any interesting hobbies out there that help you decompress after a difficult day/shift? I’d love to speak to you so please DM me 🙏

Medical journalists have just 3 days left to enter the annual awards for the best writing/broadcasting in the health/medical field. linkedin.com/posts/adele-wa…

It is concerning that any trained journalist at BBC or any other news outlet would get this wrong. The correct term to use would be ‘trans woman’ or, given that some people are confused by such terminology, a ‘transgender man’. Without this, the story is misleading.

PAs’ union hires Post Office scandal barrister to take on government over Leng review bmj.com/content/390/bm…

PAs’ union hires Post Office scandal barrister to take on government over Leng review bmj.com/content/390/bm… The BMJ UMAPs.org.uk