Pulse journalist recognised at prestigious ’30 to watch’ awards

Pulse’s deputy news editor Anna Colivicchi has received an award for her work investigating NHS Health Checks, pregnancy coding errors, and trusts failing to send crucial communication to GPs.  

At the MHP Group 30 to Watch Journalism Awards, Anna was named a winner in the health category, in recognition of her major investigation NHS Heath Checks: at end stage.

The investigation found that cash-strapped local authorities around the country are limiting the number of health checks that can be carried out by GP practices, seriously undermining the prevention programme.

The award also recognised Anna’s exclusive story on pregnant patients receiving ‘inappropriate’ medication due to pharmacy coding errors, as well as her work highlighting issues with trusts failing to send thousands of patient letters to practices, leading to GPs being asked to report patient harm.

For 15 years, MHP Group has celebrated some of the best young talent in the media, and this year more than 250 journalists had entered the awards across 10 categories including news and investigations, politics, health, personal finance and production.

Each year, 30 winners under 30 are chosen in recognition of their ‘outstanding investigation, storytelling and impact’. You can find the full list of winners here.

Anna became deputy news editor in April last year, after spending two years as a senior reporter at Pulse, and reporting at a variety of local newspapers for four years prior to that. In her role as deputy news editor, she has continued to break exclusive stories for Pulse that shed light on the biggest issues affecting GPs, as well as taking on more editorial responsibility for the brand.

Pulse editor Sofia Lind said: ‘Anna’s recognition in the 30 To Watch awards is thoroughly deserved. Since joining Pulse, she has consistently delivered journalism that has had a real impact on general practice and patient care, combining rigorous investigation with a deep understanding of the issues facing GPs.

‘Her work over the past year has helped drive national debate on some of the most important challenges in primary care, and she has repeatedly shown an ability to uncover stories that others miss. We are enormously proud to see her talent recognised alongside some of the brightest young journalists in the UK.’

This is the latest in a string of awards for Pulse. At the end of last year, Pulse editor-in-chief Jaimie Kaffash was named ‘innovator of the year’ at the British Society of Magazine Editors awards, and senior features and audio journalist Maya Dhillon won ‘unsung hero’ of the year at the BSME Talent awards, following Pulse winning B2B writer of the year and best use of data journalism at the previous year’s awards.