Care of the dying, Birdsong in GP surgeries, Sex development

Inside Health

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.4 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2014

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

With a replacement of the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway expected over the next few months Professor Keri Thomas, National Clinical Lead at the GSF Centre for End of Life Care, debates the need for change and calls for a more personalised care for the dying. And Inside Health examines differences in sex development, when it is unclear if a new born baby is a boy or a girl. Plus, does the environment of your GP's surgery increase or alleviate anxiety?

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Greg Jenna and good news, Your Dead to Me is back for a new series. Here we go. Yes, we'll explore Emperor Nero's notorious reign with Professor Marybeard and Patton Oswald. I would not want my daughter having the remote control, not alone an empire. We'll dissect the decadent life of Philippe Duke-Dor-Leon with Tom Allen. I've often tried to pretend I'm an aristocrat and being very
0:21.8	quickly knocked down. And there'll be so much more with comedians like Olga Koch, Mike Mosniak and Rihalina.
0:27.0	I'm excited. You're dead to me, the comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Listen first on BBC Sounds.
0:33.2	Hello, I'm Dr Mark Porter and thank you for downloading this edition of Inside Health.
0:37.8	I hope you enjoy it.
0:38.9	Hello, coming up today, is it a boy or a girl?
0:42.2	Generally the first question new parents are asked.
0:45.3	But what if the answer is not immediately obvious?
0:47.9	Well, that's what happens in around 1 in 4,000 babies born in the UK.
0:52.0	Obviously the first question, almost everyone asks is, is it a boy or a girl?
0:56.4	And many parents have not thought in the past that there could be a situation where this wasn't so clear.
1:02.1	And it's a really, really difficult situation for parents to be faced with, particularly in those early hours and days.
1:08.2	And I meet the specialist team called in to advise parents in situations
1:12.2	like that. But first care of the dying and news that the Department of Health is putting the final
1:17.8	touches to new guidance that will replace the controversial Liverpool care pathway that was
1:23.4	withdrawn last year. And this time the emphasis is to be more on personalised care rather than
1:29.2	a particular pathway. Joining me to debate the need for change, a Professor Kerry Thomas, National
1:34.2	Clinical Lead for End of Life Care, and our own Dr Margaret McCartney. Margaret, perhaps you
1:38.8	could start by taking us back to the beginning of the story. So the Liverpool Care Pathway is a paper-based protocol,
1:45.9	something that's meant to help doctors and nurses
1:48.2	look after someone who's at the end stages of their life.
1:51.5	And it was designed because it was felt
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