Hugh Pym

Hugh Pym (born 18 October 1959) is a British journalist and BBC News Health Editor with a career spanning over four decades. He began in local radio at Viking Radio before joining BBC Radio in 1986. After producing Channel 4's *Business Daily* (1987-1988), he spent a decade as an ITN correspondent covering business and politics, including Northern Ireland during the Omagh bombing aftermath. Following freelance work at Sky News (1999-2000), he rejoined the BBC in 2001 as economics correspondent, later serving as acting Economics Editor and Chief Economics Correspondent. Appointed Health Editor in 2014, he became a key voice during the COVID-19 pandemic, earning the 2020 British Journalism Review Charles Wheeler Award for his crisis coverage. His reporting on Queen Elizabeth II's final hours demonstrated his ability to handle sensitive breaking news. Pym has authored books on economic history including *Inside the Banking Crisis* (2014) and co-written analyses of Gordon Brown's chancellorship.