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Inside Health

Weaning Babies, Seeing the Same Doctor Saves Lives, NHS Research, Mental Capacity

Inside Health

BBC

Health & Fitness, Science

4.4575 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The relationship between when babies are weaned and the amount of time they sleep has hit the headlines after a new study has been published. Now UNICEF has got involved. Margaret McCartney reviews the evidence. Also proof that seeing the same GP saves lives. Mark Porter meets the man behind new research on mortality and continuity of care, Sir Denis Pereira Gray, who also works in the same GP surgery as his father and grandfather did. And a guide to Mental Capacity, an issue that touches many people but is increasingly pressing as more families manage elderly relatives living with dementia. Plus research and the NHS charter.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:05.4

The Traitors Uncloaked. But my show is available only on BBC Sounds, just like Ellis and John's

0:10.6

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0:16.2

from the likes of Harriet Kemsley, Susie Ruffel and Rommas Shranger Nathan. 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.

0:29.4

Hello, thank you for listening to this edition of Inside Health.

0:32.1

I hope you enjoy it.

0:33.2

Coming up today, continuity of care.

0:36.0

I meet a legend from the world of general practice,

0:38.7

and he's the man behind a new study emphasising the importance of seeing the same doctor.

0:44.6

Mental capacity, or rather lack of it. What happens when someone's deemed incapable of making

0:50.5

or comprehending important decisions? And research in the NHS and why it's so important.

0:57.0

In order to improve the NHS, research is a fundamental part of what we need to do.

1:02.6

And it's been there in the NHS's charter ever since it was born 70 years ago.

1:07.0

But we start with breastfeeding, which is in the news again.

1:10.1

This time, following the publication of a study suggesting that early weaning,

1:14.4

introducing solids before the age of six months, can help breastfed babies sleep.

1:19.4

Inside Health, Dr Margaret McCartney has been taking a closer look.

1:22.6

The findings have attracted a lot of attention, Margaret.

1:25.2

They certainly have.

1:26.3

So there have been headlines across the

1:27.9

internet suggesting start solids better, sleep better. And in fact, the study has been so contentious

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