NHS reforms, epilepsy and pregnancy, thermometers
Inside Health
BBC
4.4 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2013
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Dr Mark Porter questions Lord Howe, Minister for Health, as the government announces a U-turn to the NHS reforms following widespread concern that they would lead to privatisation by the back door, and the end of the NHS as we know it.
Why women with epilepsy need to take extra care with their contraception, and the importance of managing their medication when they do get pregnant.
And what sort of thermometer should you use when monitoring your child's temperature?
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| 0:39.3 | Coming up today, seizures and the pill, why women with epilepsy need to take extra care when |
| 0:45.0 | choosing contraception, not least because unplanned pregnancy can be a worrying time for both mother and baby. |
| 0:51.8 | When you realise you've had a fet and the way I realise I've had one is by biting my tongue, |
| 0:56.5 | so I wake up with a sore tongue. |
| 0:58.2 | And obviously the first time it happens, you go into panic mode thinking, oh, God, has this hurt the baby? |
| 1:03.7 | And feverish children. |
| 1:05.5 | What sort of thermometer should you be using to monitor your child's temperature? |
| 1:09.5 | Margaret McCartney investigates. |
| 1:11.8 | But first reforms to the NHS and another U-turned by the government in the last 24 hours, |
| 1:16.9 | this time in response to widespread concern that the reforms would lead to privatisation by the back door |
| 1:22.9 | and the end of the NHS as we know it. |
| 1:26.0 | The debate spread through the media over the last week |
| 1:28.3 | as more and more doctors expressed their concerns in public. |
| 1:31.9 | At first, the Department of Health issued reassurances. |
| 1:35.1 | But it's just announced that it's reviewing the regulations. |
| 1:38.5 | And these latest changes are happening just a few weeks |
| 1:41.4 | before GPs are due to take over around 80% of the NHS budget |
| 1:45.5 | and consider commissioning care from almost any willing provider. |
| 1:49.9 | That may be the local hospital, or it may be a private company looking to compete with existing NHS services. |
| 1:57.0 | Lord Howe, Minister for Health, is on the line from Whitehall, |
| 1:59.5 | and I'm joined in the studio by Martin McKee, Professor of Public Health |
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