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Anna Bawden in IstanbulJournalist

The Guardian

Health & social care coverage read by Vital Signs

6 articles

Across 2 topics, first on 10 May 2026, most recently 15 May 2026.

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Biography

Anna Bawden is Health and Social Affairs Correspondent and Deputy Editor at The Guardian, where she covers the NHS, healthcare access, patient safety, mental health, cancer, dementia, and health inequality. Her reporting includes data-driven investigations such as a Guardian inquiry into violence against NHS staff and coverage filed from the European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul. Her byline also appears in The Observer Magazine.

References

  1. 1.Anna Bawden's Profile | The Guardian Journalist | Muck Rack — Confirms byline at The Guardian and The Observer Magazine; lists recent articles including NHS violence investigation
  2. 2.The Guardian | View Contact Details & Journalists | Prowly — Lists Anna Bawden's title as 'Health and Social Affairs Correspondent / Deputy Editor' at The Guardian
  3. 3.Anna Bawden - Health and Social Affairs Correspondent / Deputy Editor @ The Guardian - Anewstip — Confirms title, outlet, beat (Health & Medicine, Society), and links her X handle @annabawden and LinkedIn in/anna-bawden-91731112 to this journalist
  4. 4.Anna Bawden - Journalist Profile - Intelligent Relations — Describes her beat as health and social affairs correspondent covering NHS, healthcare access, patient safety, mental health, cancer, dementia, and inequality

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Recent articles

  1. Ice vests or daily cold showers could help people lose weight, study finds

    The GuardianPublic health & prevention15 May 2026

  2. Weight-loss jabs could halve sickness absence and ease strain on NHS, study suggests

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking14 May 2026

  3. Daily pill can help people maintain weight loss after they come off jabs, trial shows

    The GuardianPublic health & prevention12 May 2026

  4. More than 6,000 children treated at obesity clinics in England, figures show

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking12 May 2026

  5. Consuming fruit and a cup of coffee a day can halve risk of unhealthy cell ageing, study suggests

    The GuardianPublic health & prevention11 May 2026

  6. Experts call for UK four-day week as study links long work hours to obesity

    The GuardianPublic health & prevention10 May 2026

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