Martin Bagot

Health and Science Editor

Martin is responsible for the health and science beat at the Mirror. He has experience reporting over a decade including medical advances in everything from cancer to dementia and obesity around the world, as well as breakthroughs in the UK. Martin covered the Covid-19 pandemic and continues to scrutinise the state of the NHS. Martin runs a number of Mirror campaigns including; Dentists for All, Heel Prick Test for SMA Now, Give a Pint Save a Life, Fair Care for All and Change the Law for Life. Author of the Mirror's Health Check newsletter

UK raising 'sickest kids in Europe' according to new report in 'national embarrassment'

NHS patients to be given sepsis monitors in bid to prevent 1,000 deaths a year

Heatwaves saw 2,700 extra deaths in UK with 29 drowned

Ebola hope as British scientists make major vaccine breakthrough

GPs admit harrowing patient stories can leave doctors ‘hardened’ to trauma

Best and worst GP practices in England revealed - see how your local family doctor fared

'New vaping clampdown will prevent health timebomb for millions'

Crackdown will see vapes sold in plain packaging and out of sight in shops

Sir Chris Whitty warns sitting and WFH are making us 'frail' as he gives sobering update

NHS dentistry crisis exposed as woman spends 8 years with badly broken teeth

Weight loss drugs ‘do not increase quality of life’, study shows

New NHS technique means hundreds of organs will be saved for lifesaving transplants

Girl, 12, wrongly given six rounds of chemotherapy after being misdiagnosed by the NHS

Warning as Wegovy pill goes on sale in Britain for the first time from today

First transplant made possible thanks to ‘breakthrough’ NHS organ-saving pilot

NASA sends spacecraft the size of a fridge to catch its falling Swift telescope in daring mission

England players ‘lack of oxygen’ warning before World Cup clash against Mexico

Osteoporosis warning as unwitting post-menopausal women face life-changing bone fractures

NHS drug pricing deal with Donald Trump will 'cause more deaths than Covid'

Obese people 'no longer at higher risk of heart attack' after huge treatment boost

Long Covid treatment breakthrough as scientists find simple ways to reverse ‘brain fog’

Chest and back exercises could be key to avoiding a heart attack, scientists say

opinion

'Andy Burnham must not dishonour mothers and babies who died due to NHS failings'

'We weren't even told when our newborn had sepsis and blood transfusions before she died'