Anne Longfield, Teenage cancer and fertility, Elsie Widdowson and location sharing apps

Woman's Hour

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Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The Children’s Commissioner for England says that we need an urgent review of the care system. She is concerned that around 30,000 children in care are living miles away from friends and family, while others are living in unregulated and inadequate placements. Anne Longfield explains what she thinks needs to be done.

Cancer treatment can have an impact on fertility, but a recent survey by the Teenage Cancer Trust suggests that nearly a third of young people did not have a discussion about their fertility before starting treatment. We speak to 18 year old, Ellie Waters who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer aged 14, Dr Louise Soanes, a Teenage Cancer Trust Nurse Consultant for Adolescents and Young People and Professor Pamela Kearns, a Consultant Paediatric Oncologist.

Elsie Widdowson was one of the British dietitians responsible for overseeing the government-mandated addition of vitamins to food and wartime rationing in Britain during World War II. Dr Venki Ramakrishnan the President of the Royal Society tells Jenni about her achievements.

Many parents see location tracking apps as an easy way to keep tabs on their teenagers. We discuss the merits and drawbacks of on keeping tabs on your teenagers.

Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Ruth Watts

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0:42.0	Hello Jenny Murray welcoming you to the Woman's Our Podcast for the 2nd of January 2020.
0:51.0	You may, over the holidays, have downloaded a tracking app and have known exactly where your
0:57.4	teenager has been. How good an idea is it to have your child under constant surveillance. The Royal Society began in
1:06.8	1660. The first fellowship to be awarded to a woman came in 1945. As part of our series on the great female scientists who were
1:16.5	honored today Elsie Widoson who worked on diet and nutrition and the hundreds of teenagers who receive a diagnosis of
1:25.8	cancer the impact of treatment on their fertility. Now it's almost a year since we
1:31.9	last spoke to Anne Longfield, the Children's Commissioner
1:35.2	for England about the provision of care for children who need to be looked after.
1:40.9	Then she told us there had been poor progress in improving matters and she said the
1:45.4	Department for Education didn't understand what was driving demand. One year
1:49.9	on she's released a report revealing that some 30,000 children are living miles away from friends and family
1:57.1	And she's called on the government to address what she describes as the scandal of private firms making obscene profits by providing residential care for vulnerable
2:07.2	children. There have also been reports of children being placed in homes that are not regulated, which puts them at risk of exploitation.
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