Helen Macdonald

Helen Macdonald graduated from Barts and The London Queen Mary's School of Medicine Dentistry, London (2006). She has worked as an editor at The BMJ since 2008 (beginning as an editorial registrar).

Currently, she is BMJ's publication ethics and content integrity editor BMJ, continues to develop The BMJ's Rapid Recommendations series, and champions aspects of our campaigns on Better Evidence and Too Much Medicine. She has previously headed the analysis and education sections of the journal, acted as the journal's UK research editor, and supported the Student BMJ's editorial team.

After two years a junior doctor in London, she split her time between The BMJ and GP training until she qualified as a General Practitioner in 2014. Along the way she also did a BA in Medical Journalism (first class honours, University of Westminster) and MSc in Evidence-Based Healthcare (distinction, University of Oxford). It is blending all of these skills together, to communicate clear and helpful information for discussions about health and healthcare, which drives her work at The BMJ.

Competing interests

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Personal
I trained and worked as a doctor between 2006 and 2016 in the NHS first in hospital and later in general practice, as a GP. I am married to a GP partner.

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