{"id":1431,"date":"2025-09-22T11:21:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/gp-lead-story-mja-awards-winner\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T11:21:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T10:21:44","slug":"gp-lead-story-mja-awards-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dauk.org\/gp-lead-story-mja-awards-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"DAUK GP co-lead&#8217;s story a winner at MJA Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The powerful story of our GP co-lead Dr Sarah Jacques was one of the winners at the Medical Journalists\u2019 Association (MJA) Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adele Waters won the Mental Health Story of the Year for her <a href=\"https:\/\/mjauk.org\/index.php?gf-download=2025%2F05%2FSUICIDE_386-8442-this-week-00306_cbASks.pdf&amp;form-id=112&amp;field-id=16&amp;hash=d5bbf349c95b32e63e19f93fdfd09f6de011f90f1a5905319748fd5c752fc84b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">feature in the BMJ on doctor suicides<\/a>. It featured Dr Jacques and her story of burning out as a GP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Jacques was at the MJA Awards ceremony in central London on Wednesday night to see Adele collect her award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The judges said the story was &#8216;a detailed account of an important issue, which rarely reaches the headlines&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Doctors under pressure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They added: \u201cAdele highlights the increasing pressure that doctors are under. The statistics and stories are startling and the scope of her research, along with acknowledging the complexity and avoiding oversimplification is impressive. A strong and affecting article.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch Adele talking about her award and meeting Dr Jacques for the first time at the awards ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adele Waters, winner 2025 MJA Awards Mental Health Story of the Year &amp; Feature of the Year, General\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RRz2d4OvtBs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DAUK co-chairs Ms Helen Fernandes and Dr Ellen Welch were also at the ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sponsored the Feature of the Year (Specialist Audience) category, with Ms Fernandes presenting the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simar Bijaj won it for a feature in Nature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-025-01294-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The World Was on Track To End the Aids Epidemic. Then Trump Came.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MJA Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The judges said: \u201cOutstanding is the only way to describe this first in-depth account of how President Trump\u2019s abrupt freeze on PEPAR funding is unravelling two decades of HIV progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s a masterly piece of journalism, which draws on an impressively&nbsp;wide range of interviews from all over the world and uses jaw dropping statistics&nbsp;to convey what is likely to happen if global funding is not restored.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/MJA-Awards-Helen-Fernandes-2025-crop-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10810\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Judge Claire Burroughs, centre, collected the award for Feature of the Year, Specialist Audience, on behalf of Simar Bajaj. Photographed with Dr Helen Fernandes, co-chair of sponsor DAUK, and presenter Dr Sian Williams. Credit<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>@vicki_sharp_photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BBC&#8217;s Camilla Horrox, Fergus Walsh, and Joshua Falcon won the headline award for Outstanding Contribution to Health and Medical Journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their entry&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/scl\/fi\/lfv9nabvdi9mlekc696wo\/Assisted-Dying-Walsh-BBC-News-at-Ten.mov?rlkey=9cyzj4vozfg4ach3as1ak9liz&amp;st=m3hqkgze&amp;dl=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Assisted Dying, North America<\/a> was voted the best of the best by judges. James Mole announced the winner on behalf of AstraZeneca, the principal MJA Awards sponsor. Earlier in the evening, the team\u2019s report won News Story of the Year, Broadcast award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/mjauk.org\/2025\/09\/17\/bbc-team-wins-top-mja-award-for-report-on-assisted-dying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">full list of the winners<\/a> with links to their work is available on the MJA website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DAUK and the MJA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DAUK is working with the MJA on a webinar to give doctors a greater understanding about working with journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The association\u2019s vice-chair, Emma Wilkinson, took part in a discussion on medics and the media at our recent conference. Watch the discussion again below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Medics and the media\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0piJtw0s7Sg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DAUK committee members are all volunteers and speak to the media about issues facing frontline doctors in their own time. Please support our work by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dauk.org\/membership\/\">joining DAUK<\/a>&nbsp;or donating to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-the-work-of-the-doctors-association-uk-dauk\">our GoFundMe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The powerful story of our GP co-lead Dr Sarah Jacques was one of the winners at the Medical Journalists\u2019 Association (MJA) Awards. 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