NHS bill, tinnitus, pedestrians, teenage info, Vitamin D, cough mix

Inside Health

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.4 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2012

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Inside Health covers the ongoing debate about proposed reforms to the NHS in England. This week Colleges representing nurses, midwives and physios have joined sceptical GPs and hospital specialists by announcing their opposition to the reforms. And, just out, a report by a cross party select committee on health questions whether current financial pressures make it too risky to implement the most radical changes in the Service's history.

Health Minister Lord Howe talks to Dr Mark Porter in response to the criticisms from Professor Martin McKee and Dr Clare Gerada in last week's programme..

And an Inside Health listener emailed to ask why Tinnitus confuses patients as well as doctors. Dr Max Pemberton investigates.

Plus why are teenagers - the most internet savvy generation of all - finding it difficult to access good health information in the internet? Psychologist Ellen Henderson at the University of Bath is one of the authors behind a new study looking at websites aimed at young people and offering advice on treating pain like headaches and period cramps.

Vitamin D supplementation is currently recommended for all groups at particular risk of deficiency - such as pregnant and breastfeeding women and young children - but three quarters of parents, and more than half of doctors, midwives and health visitors are not up to speed with the latest guidance, so don't follow it. As Chief Medical Officer for England, Dame Sally Davies, writes to healthcare professionals highlighting the importance of vitamin D supplements Inside Health talks to Nick Bishop Professor of Paediatric bone disease at The University of Sheffield.

Finally, our resident sceptic Dr Margaret McCartney explains why she doesn't rate over the counter cough mixtures.

Producer: Erika Wright.

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0:40.6	Hello and welcome to Inside Health, the series it examines the real stories behind the headlines,
0:46.0	exploring the issues that matter to you, providing clarity where there's confusion in today's
0:50.9	programme. Dr Max Pemberton responds to a listener's request about tinnitus,
0:55.7	and we find out why this may be harmful to your health and not just your hearing.
1:05.5	But don't turn the volume down just yet. Also coming up inside health skeptic, Margaret
1:10.6	McCartney explains why she
1:12.2	doesn't rate over the counter-cough medicines, even though the British public spend well over
1:16.6	£100 million a year on them. And we hear why the chief medical officer is putting her weight
1:21.7	behind guidelines on who should take vitamin D supplements, following concerns that few people,
1:27.5	healthcare professionals or the public, seem aware of them.
1:31.0	But first, the ongoing debate about proposed reforms to the NHS in England.
1:35.9	Last week we heard that it's not just the public who are confused by the plans.
1:39.8	Many doctors don't understand them either,
1:42.0	including leading public health expert expert Professor Martin McKee.
1:46.5	I have three questions in particular that I would like answers to.
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