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Woman's Hour

Women and Gaming; ICU nurse Dawn Bilbrough; Poulomi Basu; Puberty blockers

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Dawn Bilbrough is a critical care nurse from York who in the early stages of COVID-19 posted an emotional video on social media that went viral. She was appealing to the public to stop panic buying as she was unable to get the basics in her supermarket after her shift ended. She joins Jane to discuss the impact of the video and what it has been like working on the frontline.

This week Woman's Hour is focusing on women and gaming – and today we hear from cyberpsychologist Dr Daria Kuss who's been investigating the links between game-play and well-being. Our reporter Lotta Haegg also speaks to Emma Brown from Oxford, who's discovered a new-found motivation for exercise thanks to a virtual reality headset, and Lucy Hull from Birmingham who plays video games to forget her complex health problems.

Last month information on the NHS website about the use of puberty blockers was changed. It had previously said that the drugs used to supress hormones at the onset of puberty in children experiencing gender dysphoria were fully reversible. The NHS now offers the cautious advice that: “Little is known about the long-term side effects of hormone or puberty blockers in children with gender dysphoria”. NICE, the body which provides evidence-based guidance for the NHS is currently examining the latest clinical guidance on puberty blockers and cross sex hormones as part of a review of current policies. Deborah Cohen, Health Correspondent for BBC Newsnight explains what medical questions there are about the use of puberty blockers and what the current review means.

Poulomi Basu is an Indian artist, photographer and activist, whose work advocates for the rights of women. Her new book Centralia takes the reader deep into the forests of central India, where a little known and under reported conflict between an indigenous tribal people and the Indian state has been simmering for more than four decades. Poulomi went to the region and was embedded with female guerrillas who shared their documents and stories with her.

In the final part of our series 'Troupers' - which celebrates the many and varied ways in which volunteers support our communities - we meet Sarah Burrows. She talks about her efforts to help families protect and support children affected by a parent being sent to prison. The reporter is Laura Thomas.

Transcript

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Hi this is Jane Garvey and this is the Woman's Our Podcast, it's Tuesday. podcasts. nurse who went viral will talk to her in a moment. Also today the NHS website has

0:55.4

changed the information it provides about the use of puberty blockers. Why?

1:00.9

We'll discuss that on the programme today and more women and gaming a little bit later.

1:07.0

But first of all, let's say good morning to Dawn Bilbrough, who is joining us from York.

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Dawn, good morning to you. How are you? Good morning, Jane. I'm fine. to you. How are you?

1:13.0

Good morning, Jane.

1:14.0

I'm fine, thank you.

1:15.0

How are you? Yeah, not too bad at all, thank you.

1:17.0

And it's wonderful to hear you sounding in better shape than when you went viral.

1:22.0

Back in the... Well, actually, I think it was officially the day before

1:25.1

lockdown in late March yes I believe it was yet just the day before which is

1:30.6

interesting yeah okay well we'll play a little bit of your viral video and then

1:35.1

we'll have a chat so let's hear you just before lockdown started. So I've just

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