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Inside Health

Private hospitals, Hyperbaric medicine, Sick day rules to reduce kidney damage, Warfarin

Inside Health

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.4575 Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2014

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

As more NHS operations are done in the private sector, how much do we know about patient safety in private hospitals? Kits to self-monitor warfarin have been recommended by NICE, so why is the uptake so poor? Hyperbaric medicine - using high doses of oxygen to accelerate healing; And sick day rules - the medicines you should stop taking while you are unwell to reduce kidney damage.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, and I am Ed Gamble, host of another BBC

0:04.6

podcast, The Traitors Uncloaked. But my show is available only on BBC Sounds, just like

0:09.9

Ellis and John's Saturday bonus episodes, the Pop Top Ten podcast with Scott Mills and Rylen,

0:15.0

and comedy specials from the likes of Harriet Kemsley, Susie Ruffel and Romesh Ranganathan.

0:19.9

However, and maybe I'm biased, it's really all about the traitors uncloked.

0:24.3

So for a whole bunch of exclusive scoops and podcasts, listen only on BBC Sounds.

0:29.5

Hello, I'm Dr Mark Porter and thank you for downloading this edition of Inside Health.

0:34.0

I hope you enjoy it.

0:36.0

Hello, coming up in today's program, Warfarin.

0:38.9

Nice has recently approved self-monitoring devices as an alternative to conventional blood

0:43.9

test to ensure patients are taking the right dose of this blood-thening drug.

0:48.2

So why so few people using the new technology?

0:52.1

A Scottish initiative to reduce kidney damage.

0:54.9

If you're on medication to lower your blood pressure, help heart problems,

0:58.5

or ease your arthritic joints, then don't miss Margaret McCartney's advice coming up later.

1:04.2

But first, private hospitals.

1:06.5

No longer the preserve of the wealthy or the insured.

1:09.8

These days, they're full of NHS patients too.

1:13.0

Last year, around 1.6 million operations were carried out in the UK private sector,

1:18.0

around a quarter of which were paid for by the taxpayer.

1:21.4

A trend that's likely to accelerate as more independent providers compete for NHS business.

1:26.9

The attractions may seem obvious, not least likely perks,

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