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Janet Eastham

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Janet Eastham

@JanetEastham

Senior News Reporter @Telegraph. @BAFTA nominated & @RTS_media @editorsuk @pressawardsuk award-winning journalist. Highly commended @IRE_NICAR.

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Joined November 2012

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Janet Eastham
@JanetEastham
Jan 14
Dr Asif Munaf
@DrAsifOfficial
Jun 27, 2025
Hi @JanetEastham Firstly, its Dr Asif Munaf. Put some respect on a man's name. Incorrectly addressing someone - the first mistake rookie journalists make, tut tut. Secondly, I do thank you for your investigative passion. The fact that you write for the trashy Telegraph means
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Janet Eastham
@JanetEastham
Apr 29, 2021
Last time I was in the office Jon offered to buy me a coffee cos he was going out. I’m a millennial so I asked for an oat flat white. Turned out that coffee shop didn’t have oat milk so he WENT AND BOUGHT OAT MILK and took it back to the coffee shop to make my drink. Honestly 🙏
Jon Snow
@jonsnowC4
Apr 29, 2021
I am overwhelmed by the wonderful things that have been said by so many online today. Tha day comes when one has to move on - that day for me comes on December 31st. I had no idea of the appreciation of our work on Channel 4News - I am humbled by the comments from so very many.
Janet Eastham
@JanetEastham
Mar 15, 2024
🔴NEW: NHS England orders hospitals to stop using physician associates to cover doctors’ shifts after @Telegraph investigation reveals that the practice is widespread.
Hospitals ordered to stop using physician associates to cover doctors’ shifts
From telegraph.co.uk
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Janet Eastham
@JanetEastham
Jan 27, 2024
🔴NEW: Physician associates accused of‘illegally’ prescribing at dozens of NHS trusts and missing life-threatening diagnoses, dossier claims. @TheDA_UK’s survey of 600+ medics comes as @TheBMA says “still time” to stop “dangerous” PA regulation 🧵
Physician associates accused of illegally prescribing drugs and missing diagnoses
From telegraph.co.uk
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Janet Eastham
@JanetEastham
Feb 22, 2024
🔴 NEW: IT blunder allowed PAs at Calderdale and Huddersfield to "illegally" prescribe drugs inc opiates and sedatives PAs prescribed oxycodone, codeine, lorazepam, diazepam and midazolam, despite being "instructed they are not legally able to prescribe”
Physician associates ‘illegally’ prescribe opiates to hospital patients
From telegraph.co.uk
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Janet Eastham
@JanetEastham
Sep 30, 2024
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: NHS children’s hospital let physician associate examine abuse victims Alder Hey Children's Hospital tonight admits PA was removed from safeguarding team over concerns that their findings would not stand in court.
NHS children’s hospital let physician associate examine abuse victims
From telegraph.co.uk
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Janet Eastham
@JanetEastham
Feb 12, 2025
🚨NEW: Kim Leadbeater will not rule out allowing people to choose assisted dying to cut care costs. The MP refused to answer yes or no when asked if wanting to alleviate financial pressures on family would be a valid reason for an assisted death. telegraph.co.uk/gift/416063172…
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Janet Eastham
@JanetEastham
Jun 29, 2025
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: The suspended doctor selling workers sick notes on demand ‘Rogue’ online service offers certificates for months off work with no medical tests or consultation, @Telegraph can reveal. w/@ChrisMid 🔗telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/2…
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Janet Eastham
@JanetEastham
Jan 21, 2025
🚨EXC: Assisted dying row as DWP data obtained by @Telegraph reveals patients given six months to live often survive for three years. One in five people told by NHS doctors that they will die in six months are still alive three years later, figures show.
Assisted dying row as patients given six months to live often survive for three years
From telegraph.co.uk
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Janet Eastham
@JanetEastham
Feb 17, 2025
🔵EXC: ‘Not enough psychiatrists’ to staff assisted dying panels. Leadbeater claims “several thousand psychiatrists” are willing to do the work, but experts disagree. @Telegraph learnt she didn’t consult @rcpsych before assigning the profession a key role.
‘Not enough psychiatrists’ to make assisted dying Bill work
From telegraph.co.uk
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Janet Eastham
@JanetEastham
Feb 14, 2025
🔴NEW: Assisted dying panels can hold secret hearings. Kim Leadbeater has revealed the 3-member panel that will replace the High Court judge in her Bill can hear evidence "in private" - with no requirement to notify families.
Patients applying to assisted dying panel won’t need to tell their families
From telegraph.co.uk
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Janet Eastham
@JanetEastham
Nov 28, 2024
🔴NEW: Lord Mackinlay urges MPs to vote against assisted dying Bill As MPs prepare to vote tomorrow, the Tory peer said that having all four of his limbs amputated after contracting sepsis taught him that “life – no matter how tough – is worth living”.
Lord Mackinlay urges MPs to vote against assisted dying Bill
From telegraph.co.uk
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Janet Eastham
@JanetEastham
Feb 27, 2025
🔴EXCLUSIVE: Pensioner who was vomiting blood died after a physician associate misdiagnosed her with a nosebleed Pamela Marking died from sepsis after a PA discharged her from hospital last year despite the fact she had vomited ‘blood-stained fluid’
Pensioner died of sepsis after physician associate misdiagnosed her with nosebleed
From telegraph.co.uk
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Janet Eastham
@JanetEastham
Jun 26, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage should face "highest penalty" for "serious breach" of MEP Code of Conduct according to leaked letter to EU President from Advisory Committee on Conduct of Members. My piece on @Channel4News tonight with @mattfrei and @AndyLeeC4
Exclusive: Nigel Farage accused of ‘serious breach’ of MEPs’ code of conduct in leaked letter
From channel4.com