Fertility Clinics during Covid-19, Mothers in Prison, Monica Dolan
Harriet Harman MP, raises concerns about the current treatment of mothers in prison during Covid-19 and the impact on their children and family life.. Fertility clinics were told last month that they ...
8 Jun 202046min
Children and racism, BAME NHS staff, Ocean Autopsy
The US has been convulsed by nationwide protests over the death of an African-American man in police custody. George Floyd, 46, died after being arrested outside a shop in Minneapolis, Minnesota. But ...
6 Jun 202055min
Race issues in the nursing profession. Oceanographer Dr Helen Czerski. Desert Island Discs Day.
Carol Cooper was awarded Nursing’s Diversity and Inclusion Champion of the Year award in 2019, she is a Regional NHS Head of equality, diversity and human rights and is the a Royal College of Nursing ...
5 Jun 202045min
Disabled women in lockdown, Rape in Nigeria, and Troupers
As we move to ease lockdown restrictions in this country, and look ahead to the “new normal”, there are a large number of people who are still very much in lockdown. Many people with medical condition...
4 Jun 202047min
Drummer Meg Learmonth, Direct selling and women, Anorexia in lockdown, The Other One
While the world has gone into lockdown and economies have crashed, one type of business has been seeing double-digit growth – direct selling. Independent consultants for big names such as Body Shop at...
3 Jun 202048min
Talking to kids about the US protests; Trouper Sandy Collver; Dating after lockdown
The US has been convulsed by nationwide protests over the death of an African-American man in police custody. George Floyd, 46, died after being arrested by police outside a shop in Minneapolis, Minne...
2 Jun 202048min
Troupers: the founders of the Profanity Embroidery Group. Tackling debt. Midwives on the benefits of colostrum
More from our series that celebrates the women who get things done – the Troupers. They're very bad at blowing their own trumpets so we're doing it for them. Today we hear from Annie Taylor and Wendy...
1 Jun 202051min
Women, alcohol and lockdown, The Equal Pay Act at 50, Public toilets, Giving birth in lockdown
An editorial in the British Medical Journal reported that one in five harmful and dependent drinkers got the help they needed, and now the proportion will be lower. How do you cope with an alcohol pro...
30 Mai 202054min
