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🗓️ 13 December 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Baroness Amos, who was appointed by the Health Secretary to lead an independent rapid investigation into NHS maternity and neonatal care in England, has said nothing prepared her for the scale of 'unacceptable care' that women and families have received. Presenter Krupa Padhy is joined by the BBC’s Social Affairs correspondent Michael Buchanan and Theo Clarke, former Conservative MP who also chaired the UK Birth Trauma Inquiry and hosts the podcast, Breaking the Taboo, to discuss the review and what comes next.
Wages for housework was a feminist mantra in the West in the 1970s – feminist campaigners arguing for recognition of the economic value of domestic labour. The debate has been revived in India over the last decade with an estimated 118 million women across 12 states now receiving unconditional cash transfers from their governments. Devina Gupta, a reporter based in Delhi, and Professor Prabha Kotiswaran from King’s College in London unpick the impact of ‘wages for housework’ on women’s lives and the Indian economy.
When Kaitlin Lawrence was just 22 years old, she collapsed whilst playing netball for the then Super League side Surrey Storm. She was eventually diagnosed with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM), a genetic condition she never knew she had. Following this, she was forced to give up her dream of playing professionally for Scotland and has gone on to successfully campaign to get cardiac screening introduced in the Netball Super League next season. She tells Anita her story. They were joined by Presenter Gabby Logan, whose younger brother died suddenly at the age of 15 years old from an undiagnosed heart condition. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
A new report highlights the crucial role of strength training and exercise for people on weight loss drugs. Data gathered by fitness professionals, Les Mills and the not-for-profit industry body, ukactive, shows the impact of weight loss drugs on skeletal muscle mass. Their report says that 20-50% of weight loss is lean body mass, which poses significant health risks such as frailty, disability, reduced metabolism, and increased mortality. Physiotherapist Lucy McDonald and Dr Sarah Jarvis join Krupa to discuss the importance of strength training to mitigate muscle loss.
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| 0:42.9 | Coming up, the importance of strength training and exercise if you're on weight loss drugs. |
| 0:48.5 | Plus, is paying for housework progress? |
| 0:51.6 | Some might remember the 1970s feminist campaign that argued for recognition |
| 0:55.7 | of the economic value of domestic labour. We'll discuss what's happening in India, where |
| 1:01.2 | 118 million women receive cash transfers from their governments. Plus, Caitlin Lawrence was just |
| 1:08.1 | 22 when she collapsed playing netball. |
| 1:14.0 | Diagnosed with a genetic heart condition she never knew she had, |
| 1:16.8 | she's now campaigning for cardiac screening. |
| 1:19.8 | You can hear from her alongside presenter Gabby Logan. |
| 1:24.6 | But first, poor standards of basic care, a lack of empathy, |
| 1:27.3 | birth plans not being read or followed, just some of the concerns highlighted in the interim report of a major review into maternity care in England. |
| 1:34.3 | Baroness Amos, who's leading the independent review into NHS maternity and neonatal care, said this week, |
| 1:41.3 | Nothing prepared me for the scale of unacceptable care that women and families have received and continue to receive the tragic consequences for their babies and the impact on their mental, physical and emotional well-being. |
| 1:54.3 | Well, on Wednesday's program, we heard reaction from Theo Clark, former Conservative MP and chair of the Birth Trauma Inquiry, |
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