Helena Vesty
helenavesty.bsky.social
Helena Vesty
@helenavesty.bsky.social
NHS, health and social care corr for the Manchester Evening News 🐝
Chattering on BBC 5 Live, Times Radio, the News Agents pod 🌌
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EXCL 🚨 There are plans to uproot and relocate life-saving emergency gynaecology services from one major hospital to the opposite side of Greater Manchester, more than 20 miles away for some residents 1/
Miscarrying women could have to travel two hours in plans to move emergency unit
EXCLUSIVE: There are hushed discussions about relocating life-saving emergency gynaecology services from one side of Greater Manchester to the other. Helena Vesty reports
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I'm at NHS Providers Conference in Manchester over the next couple of days... coinciding with the first topic spoken about today, the start of resident doctor strikes. If you're about in Manchester this week and want to chat, give me a shout 📬
Doctors' strikes 'couldn't come at worse time for NHS', warns health boss
The strike 'threatens to wipe out a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fix our national health service', warns one NHS boss
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November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
📰 I've spent the last two weeks covering one of the most devastating inquests I've ever heard. A coroner has now ruled that the tragic home birth that claimed the lives of Jen Cahill and her baby, Agnes, was caused by neglect, catastrophic error and gross failures to provide basic care 1/3
October 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Lovely news from the last week 🏆 Thrilled to be named on the Press Awards list of 30 journalists under the age of 30 to watch.
Such a joy to be recognised for the work I'm so passionate about, and a huge honour to be alongside such fantastic company @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Manchester synagogue terror attack tragedy 🚨 We're still bringing you every update on our live blog, linked in final post. Doing thread here of where I'm up to covering our hospitals, which have been impacted with lockdowns, including what to know if you've got an appt @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The @manchestereveningnews.co.uk was granted rare access to the ward inside the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital where tiny babies battle the odds, five-year-olds face daily seizures, and teenagers try to sit their GCSEs amid major surgery 1/3
Inside '77' where the country's sickest children call home
The M.E.N. was granted rare access to the ward inside the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital where tiny babies battle the odds, five-year-olds face daily seizures, and teenagers try to sit their GCS...
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July 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The government has spent its 1st year in power pointing to its long-awaited panacea for the NHS.
Every question I've put to DHSC in the last year has largely been answered with one response: ‘Our 10-year plan will show how [insert major NHS problem here] will be fixed.’
So... does it? My analysis 👇
What the NHS 10-year plan means for patients
The country has been waiting for the government’s vision for the NHS for a full year since the election. Health reporter Helena Vesty analyses the 10 year plan to save a dying health service
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July 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
EXCL 🚨 There are plans to uproot and relocate life-saving emergency gynaecology services from one major hospital to the opposite side of Greater Manchester, more than 20 miles away for some residents 1/
Miscarrying women could have to travel two hours in plans to move emergency unit
EXCLUSIVE: There are hushed discussions about relocating life-saving emergency gynaecology services from one side of Greater Manchester to the other. Helena Vesty reports
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
July 1, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I’m looking to speak to families that are trying/have been through the IVF process in Greater Manchester for a sensitive story about their experiences. If that’s you, drop me a message here or email me [email protected]. Can be anon if needed 💌 #journorequest
June 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
For no apparent reason, I’ve been away from Bluesky for a while but I'm back! Not least because, last week, I won an award 🥰 Very proud to have been given the Inspiring Local Journalism Award by the @publishersassoc.bsky.social for my work at @manchestereveningnews.co.uk 1/4
June 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Today's front page 📰 Thousands of patients are staying in hospital for longer than necessary - as Greater Manchester hospitals struggle with ‘extreme overcrowding’, 36 hr waits, and A&Es filled with 180 people because of scare beds.
January 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Reposted by Helena Vesty
Helena Vesty reports on the 'complete carnage' unfolding in Greater Manchester's NHS right now @helenavesty.bsky.social
It's the night before Christmas and this is what's happening in our hospitals
SPECIAL REPORT: Standing room only, waits of more than 36 hours, frail patients breaking limbs, elderly peoples pending hours lying on trolleys in corridors. Helena Vesty reports on the 'complete carn...
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December 24, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Wonderful news to hear that I’ve been nominated for Feature Writer of the Year and Specialist Journalist of the Year at Regional Press Awards coming in 2025. Thrilled to receive such lovely recognition and big congratulations to all the other nominees 🗞️❣️
December 18, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Reposted by Helena Vesty
EXCLUSIVE: Hospital bosses built a state-of-the art facility to fit with the brand new hospital they were promised – the money never came. @helenavesty.bsky.social reports on the latest in the M.E.N.'s campaign
'We've just spent £105 MILLION, now we could be surrounded by crumbling bricks'
EXCLUSIVE: Hospital bosses built a state-of-the art facility to fit with the brand new hospital they were promised – the money never came. Helena Vesty reports on the latest in the M.E.N.'s campaign f...
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December 10, 2024 at 2:38 PM
EXCL 🏥🧵 After 5+ yrs of North Manchester General Hospital waiting for it's long-promised rebuild, I sat down w/ health minister & Gorton MP Andrew Gwynne to ask - yes or no - if the government will fully fund the plans already underway in Crumpsall 1/8
'Yes or no; will you fund North Manchester General's rebuild plans as promised?'
EXCLUSIVE: Helena Vesty sat down with Andrew Gwynne MP to hear the latest on the government plans for North Manchester General and Stepping Hill hospitals
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October 24, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Saying hello the Bluesky with a biggie: 🚨🧵 I've been working on stories about terminal cancer patients who've been refused life insurance claims bc they've got less than 18 mths left on their policies. Now, w/ Salford MP Rebecca Long-Bailey, I've got a motion in Parliament calling for an inquiry!
'We're dying but denied our life insurance': M.E.N. campaign goes to Parliament
The M.E.N.’s health reporter, Helena Vesty, carried out a shocking investigation into the cases of two men dying from horrific cancers, who have been told they cannot claim on life insurance policies
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October 23, 2024 at 11:33 AM