Ockenden Review, Puberty Blockers, Student Sex Work Policy
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 December 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
This week the first part of The Ockenden Review into Maternity Services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS (SaTH) Trust was published. It urges improvements in the way mothers and babies are looked after, not just in Shrewsbury but across England. We talk to the local MP there, Lucy Allan, as well as Gill Walton from The Royal College of Midwives and Jayne Terry who's an obstetrician in London.
We have part 2 of our series which talks to parents about puberty blockers. Today we hear from a mum, who we're calling Nichola, who's seriously worried about her child taking them.
And Leicester University are launching a Student Sex Worker Policy and Toolkit. Why? What is it? And does it suggest that choosing sex-work as a option for earn money whilst studying is a good idea? We discuss with Professor Teela Sanders from Leicester University, and Sarah Ditum, who's a feminist writer and columnist.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.4 | Hi, this is Jane Garvey and welcome to the Woman's Hour podcast. |
| 0:08.5 | It's Friday, the 11th of December, 2020. |
| 0:11.3 | Hi there, good morning and today we're going to focus on the state of maternity services. |
| 0:16.2 | We'd love to hear from you on the text, it's 84844, do check with your provider about |
| 0:21.3 | any possible costs there on social media at BBC Woman's Hour, loads of comments from |
| 0:25.8 | you already, not surprisingly. |
| 0:28.0 | A little later, Lester University has launched a student sex worker policy and toolkit. |
| 0:34.4 | Why? |
| 0:35.4 | Why is that needed? |
| 0:36.4 | Make sure you're around to listen to that a little later and we'll talk to you to |
| 0:39.9 | a mother who believes that her teenager cannot give consent to the use of puberty blockers. |
| 0:47.1 | First though, this morning, to the whole horrible, horrible review, the Okadun review into maternity |
| 0:54.3 | services at Shrewsbury and Telford hospitals, it really does make grim reading as you'll |
| 0:59.3 | know if you saw any of the news bulletins last night or read any newspapers or coverage |
| 1:04.3 | today. |
| 1:05.3 | Mother's dying in labour, women blame for the deaths of their babies, lack of compassion |
| 1:10.2 | and kindness and it's not over yet. |
| 1:13.1 | This review only looked into 250 cases, there are over 1,500 still to be covered and a criminal |
| 1:20.0 | investigation is also underway. |
| 1:23.0 | We've got expertise in the form of the chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, |
| 1:28.1 | Jill Walton, she's with us. |
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