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.

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

Scotland's most popular visitor attraction revealed - as heritage sites see boost

The National Museum of Scotland continues to be Scotland's number one tourist attraction with 2.2 million visitors last year. The Edinburgh site, which houses everything from fashions and natural specimens to scientific artefacts, saw off competition from the likes of Edinburgh Castle and Glasgow's Burrell Collection to boost its footfall by more than 200,000 compared to 2022.

Minimum unit pricing: More than 80 organisations urge MSPs to back 'life-saving' hike

More than 80 organisations have come together in unprecedented move to urge MSPs to vote through proposals that would see the minimum unit price for alcohol hiked from 50 to 65 pence. Dozens of charities, faith groups and medical organisations have signed a letter sent to members of the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, calling for cross-party backing for the new MUP rate.

Exclusive Row as Highland GPs accused of splashing £24k on legal fees and curry nights

Highland GP leaders have been accused by a former colleague of "misappropriating funds" by spending thousands on curry nights and legal fees. Lindsay Dunn made the claims in a letter - leaked to the Herald - which was sent to GP practices across the region on Monday, as she confirmed that she was resigning from the Highland Local Medical Committee "with immediate effect".

Exclusive 'I was screaming - something was wrong': Mother loses baby in ambulance parked at A&E

A young mother who was nearly five months pregnant when she lost her baby in the back of an ambulance outside A&E has said that the ordeal left her so traumatised she struggles to leave the house. Chantice Gibb, from Stranraer, was 19 weeks pregnant when she gave birth to her dead son and had to be rushed to hospital in Dumfries with potentially life-threatening complications when the placenta became stuck.