Ellie Philpotts
@eleanor__p
Award-winning journo. Editor @theRCN half the week, freelance health writer, speaker and charity campaigner the rest✍️ Open to commissions, tips and chats!
Very shocked and over the moon to win Best Scoop and Best Editorial Assistant tonight - thank you so much @bsmeinfo! And a huge thanks to everyone who’s taken the time to speak to me about this year’s stories 🍾😃✍️
New UK regulations announced today could be transformational for people with blood cancer. From today, hospitals can manufacture CAR T-cell therapies on site, reducing wait times and improving access to this blood cancer treatment. Our reaction👇 🔗 bloodcancer.org.uk/news/legislati…
🔄️ Dan needs our help - please share! 🔄️ Dan urgently needs a stem cell transplant, but tragically has no matching stem cell donor. 💔 Please SHARE this video and REGISTER as a stem cell donor at dkms.org.uk/Dan_tw to help find his hero.
I’m looking to speak to someone who works in #medicaldevices on regulation and surveillance for an article - please get in touch if you can help. #journorequest #PRrequest
A new British project seeks to improve the detection of lung cancer among survivors of Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Read the latest #BSHNews story here: b-s-h.org.uk/about-us/news/…
So good to work with @t0mclark3 and my amazing colleagues @uk_biobank this piece for our huge milestone - scanning 100,000 volunteers to help public health research
Sky's @t0mclark3 visits UK Biobank, which has completed the world’s largest whole body imaging project, scanning the brains, hearts, abdomens, blood vessels, bones, and joints of 100,000 volunteers 🤯
MMR uptake in Liverpool is just 73%. 95% is needed to achieve herd immunity. VACCINATE YOUR KIDS! thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/…
Anita was murdered by a man who had been living off-grid to avoid recall to prison. After he was found guilty on Wednesday, her daughter Jess said that "criminals cannot remain at large" as there is "too much at stake and our communities need protecting". uk.news.yahoo.com/daughter-woman……
Looking forward to next #ArtofNursing webinar. I shall be interviewing artists who’ve created RCN exhibition. Nurses are often not seen or heard, the arts help to change that. @FoNScharity @NursingNow2020 @RoyLilley register here 16 July 13.00-14.00 free rcn.org.uk/news-and-event…
Last night I had the pleasure of attending ‘Research Revealed’ with @bloodcancer_uk, it was great to catch up with everyone and talk to some amazing Researchers - who are undertaking incredible trials to improve treatments and outcomes for patients! 🔬❤️
Last night’s wonderful research reception @bloodcancer_uk @BloodCancer_Res @RCPhysicians 🩸♥️
Early signs often seem harmless - but knowing the common symptoms of leukaemia can be lifesaving. 🩸 Brendan’s ‘flu-like’ symptoms turned out to be acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) - one of the most aggressive types of blood cancer. expressandstar.com/news/2025/06/2…
Hello👋🏻 I am still looking for participants for my Masters Research project. See my poster for the criteria & please share with young people who would be interested! @teensunite @EllaDawsonFoun1 @YLvsCancer @TeenageCancer #youngpeople #research #cancer #lymphoma #charity
Amy Hunt, whose mother Carol and two sisters Hannah and Louise were murdered in their own home last year, has told the BBC there is an "epidemic" of misogyny in society that has "the most horrific, devastating consequences". bbc.com/news/articles/…
People do not realise how registering to be a potential stem cell donor is quick and easy. You could save a life! I really would like to see @AnthonyNolan and @DKMS_uk on every university campus to improve the diversity of the potential donors.
I met with @DKMS_uk and @AnthonyNolan at Parliament today. I signed up to be a donor and got my cheeks swabbed. Every 20 minutes, someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer or blood disorder. DKMS is working to give every patient in need the best possible chance of…
A man from West Sussex is training to cross the English Channel, from Dungeness to Boulogne-sur-Mer, via paddle board. Tap below to read more: bbc.in/4lg5J1w
‘Dying people like me deserve compassion and the choice to end our lives’ Nathaniel Dye, 39, who has incurable bowel cancer & has been given less than a year to live tells @theipaper he wants assisted dying to be his "safety net" @MDMDmydecision inews.co.uk/news/dying-peo…
Have cancer conspiracy theories gone mainstream? RCR Officer @tomroques discusses the dangers of cancer misinformation on @BBCPanorama's ‘Cancer Conspiracy Theories: Why Did Our Sister Die?’. Watch tonight at 8pm on BBC One, or on BBC iPlayer: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…