Media and Writing
Rachael
McGhee
Clinical Scientist · GI Physiology
Adult and Paediatric
Adult and Paediatric
Clinical Scientist in GI Physiology. One of very few in the UK with specialist expertise across both adult and paediatric gut disorders writing publicly about the science that does not get the headlines, for the people mainstream gut health advice forgets.
17 years as an NHS Clinical Scientist in Gastrointestinal Physiology, currently at Alder Hey Children's Hospital. I specialise in complex and functional gut disorders: motility, bowel management, rumination syndrome, continence. The conditions that are unglamorous, underfunded, and frequently misunderstood. I write to make the hard science accessible, and to advocate for the patients that standard gut health advice was never designed for.
A hearing impaired woman in STEM, she brings a different kind of listening to clinical science.
17
Years NHS GI
Physiology
Physiology
A+P
Adult and Paediatric
Specialist
Specialist
Highly Commended
UK Small Business Awards 2025
Recent Writing
Medium · Clinical Commentary
When Tests Are Normal But the Patient Is Not: What We Miss in Gut Physiology
On the gap between normal investigations and ongoing symptoms and why that space matters clinically.
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Medium · Gut-Brain Science
Why Your Gut Feels Like IBS But Might Actually Be Hormones Doing What They Are Supposed to Do
Unpacking the hormonal-gut connection that gets routinely mislabelled as a functional disorder.
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Simply Gut Health · Patient Education
What Your Poo Is Trying to Tell You
A practical, science-grounded guide to understanding what bowel habits really reveal about gut health.
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Simply Gut Health · Articles
Why Am I Bloated All the Time (Even When I Eat Healthy)?
Why bloating is not always about what you eat and what is really driving persistent symptoms.
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Simply Gut Health · Articles
Stress and Gut Health
How the gut-brain axis makes stress a direct driver of digestive symptoms, not just a side effect.
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Simply Gut Health · Articles
Navigating IBS in the Real World: Cutting Through the Noise
Separating evidence-based IBS management from the overwhelming and often unhelpful advice online.
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Simply Gut Health · Articles
Why That Safe Lunch Works
The science behind why certain foods feel predictably safe and what that pattern tells us about gut regulation.
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Credentials and Background
HCPC Registered Clinical Scientist
Alder Hey Children's Hospital
17 Years NHS GI Physiology
Adult and Paediatric Specialist
Rumination Syndrome
Complex Bowel Management
BSPGHAN Motility Working Group
NHS England Module Author
Simply Gut Health Founder
Highly Commended · UK Small Business Awards 2025
Available For
Expert Media Quotes
Article and Feature Writing
Podcast Appearances
Brand Collaborations
Press Release Commentary
Educational Content