Weekend Woman's Hour: Hilary Mantel’s writings on endometriosis, women in politics, nursing, family whatsapp, the orgasm gap

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Record numbers of nurses are quitting the NHS in England, according to new data analysis by the Nuffield Trust for the BBC. More than 40,000 have left the health service in the past year. Another report published this week from NHS Providers said the squeeze on pay amid rising inflation is forcing nurses and other staff to stop contributions to their pension, skip meals and take on second jobs. Anita Rani speaks to Molly Case, a clinical specialist nurse, working in the community in South London. We talk about family WhatsApp group chats. They can be a source of great joy or great annoyance. We speak to author Nina Stibbe and Journalist Nell Frizzell who has been looking into this. Regarded as one of the greatest English-language novelists of this century, Dame Hilary Mantel was perhaps less well known for her brilliant writing on chronic illness. Throughout her life the author suffered from a severe form of endometriosis. Emma speaks to writer Sarah Perry, author of the Essex Serpent, who has had her own experience of chronic illness and Eleanor Thom, author of Private Parts, how to really live with endometriosis. Giorgia Meloni's election as the Prime Minister of Italy is just the latest victory for a woman on the right of the political spectrum. The vast majority of European women who have had true executive power come from the right, starting with Margaret Thatcher. Emma speaks to Professor Matthew Goodwin and the academic Costanza Hermanin to discuss why the Left have had fewer female leaders. 'Ladies shall we have some fun?' We speak to sex and relationship expert Oloni, who built an online community by speaking openly about sex and relationships. We discuss her new book 'The Big O'. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Surya Elango Editor: Emma Pearce

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts
0:06.0	Hello, I'm Anita Rani. Welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour. Your place to hear are carefully
0:11.2	curated bits from over the week. Coming up, we ask why record numbers of nurses are
0:17.5	quitting the NHS in England. How the late Hillary Mantell's writing about chronic pain and
0:23.0	illness inspired so many. Plus, family WhatsApp groups. Are you an active member? I'll have
0:29.7	you secretly muted the group. Love them or hate them. We dive into women's experiences
0:35.2	of the family group chat. Then, women in politics. Why we're seeing a rise of women on the right.
0:42.0	And finally, ladies, should we have some fun? We hear from sex and relationship experts
0:47.9	Aloni on bridging the orgasm gap. What a mix. But first, record numbers of nurses are quitting
0:54.9	the NHS in England, according to new data analysis by the Nuffield Trust for the BBC. More than 40,000
1:01.5	have left the health service in the past year, in the year to June, one in nine of the workforce.
1:07.2	Another report published this week from NHS providers said the squeeze on pay amid rising
1:12.1	inflation is forcing nurses and other staff out of the health service, or into making desperate
1:18.0	decisions, including stopping contributions to their pension, skipping meals, and taking on second
1:24.2	jobs. While on Friday, Miriam Deacon, director of policy and strategy at NHS providers,
1:29.6	spoke to Justin Webb. NHS staff are facing some really difficult choices. For example, we've
1:34.8	heard of nurse skipping meals on shifts so that they can pay for school uniforms back at home.
1:40.8	We hear stories about staff being worried about whether they can cover the cost of their commute,
1:44.8	whether they can cover the cost of petrol if they're a mobile worker. And trust tell us that
1:49.6	the cost of living crisis is having a real chilling effect, both on recruitment into the service,
1:54.7	and also on retention. So although it's anecdotal at the moment, they do tell us it's having a
1:59.5	cooling effect on new joiners, and they're particularly worried about retaining those staff who are on
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