Profile: Helen McArdle

Helen McArdle

Health Correspondent

Helen McArdle is the Health Correspondent for The Herald. She joined in 2008 and went on to become a news reporter and transport correspondent. Since 2020, her focus has been on the impact of the pandemic on the NHS. Ms McArdle’s journalism honours include News Story of the Year at the Medical Journalism Association awards and she was also named Health & Science Reporter of the Year at the British Journalism Awards in 2018 for The Herald’s coverage of NHS Tayside’s use of charity donations to cover general spending. She was named Specialist Reporter of the Year at the 2022 Scottish Press Awards and picked up the Stephen White Award for the Reporting of Science in a Non-Science Context at the Association for British Science Writers awards.

Latest articles from Helen McArdle

Hospice bosses say they are losing staff because they cannot afford to match NHS-level pay rises for staff and are struggling with the spiralling cost or providing day to day services

Exclusive Hospices facing 'heartbreaking' decision to turn patients away amid funding crisis

The heads of 14 hospice charities in Scotland say they are in the grip of an "insurmountable funding gap" as a result of recent hikes in NHS Scotland staff pay which they cannot afford to match, and the looming rise in national insurance contributions.

The research suggests that some combinations of 'multimorbidity' are particularly high risk in terms of the risk of hospitalisation and death during winter

INSIDE THE NHS 🏥 More people are living with multiple conditions – and it's a big problem for NHS
More and more patients in Scotland are living with multiple chronic conditions - but some combinations are more high risk than others. Can we do more to reduce winter pressure on the NHS from unplanned hospital admissions and deaths?

The survey, which has been running since 1995, provides a snapshot of Scotland's population health trends

Record obesity rates and a dental crisis: Survey lays bare state of nation's health

What does 2023's Scottish Health Survey tell us about Scotland's population - from smoking rates to obesity, and alcohol consumption?

The research led by Glasgow University will explore links between vitamin D and the cortisol stress hormone, with suicide risk

New research to better understand the biological factors of suicidal behaviour
New research to better understand the biological factors of suicidal behaviour Researchers at the University of Glasgow are embarking on two new PhD projects to better understand the impact that biological factors may have on suicidal behaviour.

Malcolm Hughes, Rebecca Toal, and Stephen Lappin (L-R). Dr Toal, a local GP and 'defibrillator guardian', said she was 'emotional' on discovering the device had saved both men's lives

Two runners saved by the same public defibrillator back new appeal

Two runners saved by the same public defibrillator appeal for all the life-saving devices to be publicly available. Tens of thousands of defibs are unregistered so ‘invisible’ in an emergency.

The latest annual audit has revealed some surprising trends in critical care

INSIDE THE NHS🏥 What's the condition of Scotland's critical care units?

A new report into NHS Scotland critical care units highlights that a growing number of patients are being sent straight home from intensive care due to a shortage of beds available on normal wards.

The state of Victoria was the first part of Australia to introduce assisted dying laws in 2019

Patients 'pressured out of' assisted dying - not other way round - MSPs told

MSPs on Holyrood's health committee have been taking evidence on assisted dying from experts in Australia.

A Glasgow mural of Chris Murray, who died in 2017, featured in a campaign in the run up to the Euros football tournament

Sudden cardiac death of Glasgow man, 22, highlighted in new campaign
The campaign into sudden cardiac death by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) will feature Glasgow man, Craig Murray, who was just 22 when he collapsed and died at work.

The Global Wellness Summit is taking place in St Andrews this week, from November 4-8

EXPLAINER What is wellness - and why is it booming? Explained in Five Minutes
The Global Wellness Summit arrives in St Andrews this week, attracting hundreds of experts and enthusiasts from around the world. Where has it come from, and why is it so popular now?

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Latest articles from Helen McArdle

Record obesity rates and a dental crisis: Survey lays bare state of nation's health

What does 2023's Scottish Health Survey tell us about Scotland's population - from smoking rates to obesity, and alcohol consumption?

Two runners saved by the same public defibrillator back new appeal

Two runners saved by the same public defibrillator appeal for all the life-saving devices to be publicly available. Tens of thousands of defibs are unregistered so ‘invisible’ in an emergency.

INSIDE THE NHS🏥 What's the condition of Scotland's critical care units?

A new report into NHS Scotland critical care units highlights that a growing number of patients are being sent straight home from intensive care due to a shortage of beds available on normal wards.

Patients 'pressured out of' assisted dying - not other way round - MSPs told

MSPs on Holyrood's health committee have been taking evidence on assisted dying from experts in Australia.

Sudden cardiac death of Glasgow man, 22, highlighted in new campaign
The campaign into sudden cardiac death by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) will feature Glasgow man, Craig Murray, who was just 22 when he collapsed and died at work.

EXPLAINER What is wellness - and why is it booming? Explained in Five Minutes
The Global Wellness Summit arrives in St Andrews this week, attracting hundreds of experts and enthusiasts from around the world. Where has it come from, and why is it so popular now?

Helen McArdle

Latest articles from Helen McArdle

Record obesity rates and a dental crisis: Survey lays bare state of nation's health What does 2023's Scottish Health Survey tell us about Scotland's population - from smoking rates to obesity, and alcohol consumption?

Two runners saved by the same public defibrillator back new appeal Two runners saved by the same public defibrillator appeal for all the life-saving devices to be publicly available. Tens of thousands of defibs are unregistered so ‘invisible’ in an emergency.

INSIDE THE NHS🏥 What's the condition of Scotland's critical care units? A new report into NHS Scotland critical care units highlights that a growing number of patients are being sent straight home from intensive care due to a shortage of beds available on normal wards.

Patients 'pressured out of' assisted dying - not other way round - MSPs told MSPs on Holyrood's health committee have been taking evidence on assisted dying from experts in Australia.

Sudden cardiac death of Glasgow man, 22, highlighted in new campaign The campaign into sudden cardiac death by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) will feature Glasgow man, Craig Murray, who was just 22 when he collapsed and died at work.

EXPLAINER What is wellness - and why is it booming? Explained in Five Minutes The Global Wellness Summit arrives in St Andrews this week, attracting hundreds of experts and enthusiasts from around the world. Where has it come from, and why is it so popular now?

Record obesity rates and a dental crisis: Survey lays bare state of nation's health

What does 2023's Scottish Health Survey tell us about Scotland's population - from smoking rates to obesity, and alcohol consumption?

Two runners saved by the same public defibrillator back new appeal

Two runners saved by the same public defibrillator appeal for all the life-saving devices to be publicly available. Tens of thousands of defibs are unregistered so ‘invisible’ in an emergency.

INSIDE THE NHS🏥 What's the condition of Scotland's critical care units?

A new report into NHS Scotland critical care units highlights that a growing number of patients are being sent straight home from intensive care due to a shortage of beds available on normal wards.

Patients 'pressured out of' assisted dying - not other way round - MSPs told

MSPs on Holyrood's health committee have been taking evidence on assisted dying from experts in Australia.

Sudden cardiac death of Glasgow man, 22, highlighted in new campaign
The campaign into sudden cardiac death by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) will feature Glasgow man, Craig Murray, who was just 22 when he collapsed and died at work.

EXPLAINER What is wellness - and why is it booming? Explained in Five Minutes
The Global Wellness Summit arrives in St Andrews this week, attracting hundreds of experts and enthusiasts from around the world. Where has it come from, and why is it so popular now?