Cervical screening; Addiction in lockdown; Soprano Grace Davidson; Julia Samuel
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Cervical cancer affects more than 3,000 women a year. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have suspended routine appointments for cervical screening, while services in England are currently mixed. What is the advice for women awaiting appointments, results or referrals during lockdown? Kate Sanger, Head of Public Affairs at Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust, and consultant gynaecologist Dr Christine Ekechi speak to Jenni.
Grace Davidson is a British soprano who specialises in the performance and recording of Baroque music. Her purity of tone has attracted many of the leading contemporary composers to write for her, and her voice has also been featured in films such as The Hobbit and Pirates of the Caribbean. Grace is one of the soloists on a new album for Holy Week.
We are all currently under pressure, but what if you are dealing with an addiction? According to the charity Action on Addiction, one in three people are addicted to something. How difficult can it be to remain sober or clean in lockdown, and what support can you still access? Jenni talks to Holly Sexton, Substance Misuse Practitioner at We Are With You and Caroline Turriff, a freelance journalist who is 15 years in recovery.
Julia Samuel has worked for the last thirty years as a psychotherapist, first for the NHS and then in private practice. Her second book, This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings has just been published. She tells Jenni about how people are coping and how to cope in this time of tremendous change.
Presenter - Jenni Murray Producer – Sarah Crawley Guest - Kate Sanger Guest - Dr Christine Ekechi Guest - Julia Samuel Guest - Grace Davidson Guest – Holly Sexton Guest – Caroline Turriff
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts |
| 0:06.0 | Hello, Jenny Murray welcoming you to the Woman's Hour Podcast for Friday, the 10th of April. |
| 0:13.5 | Good morning. On Good Friday, as we face an Easter weekend of continued lockdown, how |
| 0:19.7 | to be hopeful about the future. The Psychotherapist Julius Amul on her book, This Too Shall Pass. |
| 0:28.5 | It's a tough time though for people trying to overcome an addiction, whether it's drugs, |
| 0:33.4 | gambling, alcohol, or even shopping. How difficult is it to remain sober or clean during |
| 0:39.8 | this period? And what help might there be if you need it? And music for Holy Week, I'll |
| 0:46.4 | be joined by the soprano Grace Davidson. |
| 0:50.8 | Now Covid-19 is not the only threat to our health that's creating anxiety. We've become |
| 0:56.6 | used to the provision of regular checkups for cervical cancer, knowing that it's best |
| 1:02.0 | to get an early diagnosis and speedy treatment if a test is found to be positive. But what's |
| 1:07.7 | the position in the current overstretched NHS? More than 3,000 women every year are affected |
| 1:14.9 | by cervical cancer and at the moment Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have suspended |
| 1:19.9 | routine screening and services in England are apparently mixed. What's the advice for |
| 1:26.4 | women waiting for appointments, results, or referrals during the lockdown? Well Kate |
| 1:32.0 | Zanger is Head of Public Affairs at Joe's cervical cancer Trust and Dr Christine Akechi is a |
| 1:38.6 | consulting gynecologist and speaks for the Royal College. Christine, how concerned are |
| 1:44.2 | you that screening is suspended in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland? And what's termed |
| 1:50.4 | mixed in England? Good morning. Well, of course, the first thing to say is that dissituation |
| 1:58.3 | is far from ideal. However, we have to acknowledge that we are in an unprecedented situation. |
| 2:05.2 | And so any decision that has been taken, has been taken with the consideration of keeping |
| 2:10.6 | primarily our women and our patients safe and of course keeping health staff safe. |
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