Barry Nelson

Health & Education Editor

Born and brought up in the Newcastle area I have worked for newspapers in Chester, Northampton and Leicester - as well as stints on a London public relations company and a national magazine for family doctors - before joining The Northern Echo in 1998. I have written about health for nearly 20 years and am currently the North-East health writer of the year.

Born and brought up in the Newcastle area I have worked for newspapers in Chester, Northampton and Leicester - as well as stints on a London public relations company and a national magazine for family doctors - before joining The Northern Echo in 1998. I have written about health for nearly 20 years and am currently the North-East health writer of the year.

Latest articles from Barry Nelson

Time to 'grow our own GPs'?

Easington MP Grahame Morris, a long-serving member of the Health Select Committee in the last Parliament, is concerned about the future of GP services.

Life-saving scheme extended

A PIONEERING GP-run mental health project which prevented 16 suicides in its first year is being extended to another 15,000 patients across County Durham.

Crack down on illegal tobacco

DETAILS have been revealed of some of the concealed compartments that have been used to store illegal tobacco across the North-East.