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Jessica MurrayJournalist

The Guardian

Health & social care coverage read by Vital Signs

47 articles

Across 10 topics, first on 3 Oct 2024, most recently 8 Sept 2026.

This counts only pieces our coverage scan read on the topics Vital Signs tracks, not their full output.

Biography

Jessica Murray is the Guardian's social affairs correspondent. Twitter @JournoJess

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  1. ‘Alarm bells were going off’: parents tell of ordeal at Send school closed down after abuse allegations

    The GuardianCare home closures & provider failure

  2. ‘Why was Mum in clothes you could wear in the winter?’: family seeks answers after care home heatstroke death

    The GuardianElderly care & frailty8 Sept 2026

  3. ‘I don’t have any friends’: why do young people today have fewer mates?

    The GuardianMental health5 Sept 2026

  4. Private equity owns 11 of England’s 20 biggest children’s care providers, research finds

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform2 Sept 2026

  5. ‘Immense drop-off’ in support contributing to care leaver deaths in England, review says

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform24 Aug 2026

  6. ‘He was left on his own’: the care-leaver lives lost to a system that abandons them at 18

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform24 Aug 2026

  7. I was struggling after eight rounds of IVF – then a midwife became my surrogate

    The GuardianMaternity & neonatal21 Jul 2026

  8. UK surrogacy law ‘creaking at seams’ as demand rises sharply

    The GuardianMaternity & neonatal21 Jul 2026

  9. ‘People think you’ve got 10,000 cats’: the support group for hoarders

    The GuardianMental health16 Jul 2026

  10. ‘It’s so unthinkable’: the parents sexually abused by their children

    The GuardianMental health14 Jul 2026

  11. Increasing leave to remain timeframe for UK care workers ‘cruel’, say campaigners

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform29 Jun 2026

  12. ‘Financial pandemic’: £1 in every £11 spent on UK public contractors goes to private equity

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking28 Jun 2026

  13. Nurseries, vets and shops: the sectors where private equity plays a big role

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform28 Jun 2026

  14. ‘Treating children like cattle’: what happens when private equity takes over a UK care home?

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform28 Jun 2026

  15. ‘Truly horrific’: the stories of five people affected by the NHS maternity scandal

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking24 Jun 2026

  16. ‘Mistreatment became normality’ at Muckamore Abbey hospital, inquiry finds

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform18 Jun 2026

  17. Plan to ban ‘private equity sharks’ from social care dropped, Wes Streeting says

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform18 Jun 2026

  18. Why is Andy Burnham talking about fixing England’s social care system?

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform4 Jun 2026

  19. Who Do You Think You Are?-style service to help young care leavers reconnect with their ‘tribe’

    The GuardianAdult social care & reform3 Jun 2026

  20. Record numbers of UK renters crowdfunding to cover bills

    The GuardianMental health16 May 2026

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