Health clips
Listen to a selection of clips from recent and upcoming programmes.
Why are some hospitals struggling to cope with patient numbers?
College of Emergency Medicine on why some hospitals are struggling with patient numbers.
Alan Milburn: "we could look like we're sticking to our comfort zone"
Alan Milburn tells Norman Smith that Labour should be "moving things forward" on the NHS
Coma discovery: Voices from loved ones help people wake
Neuroscientists say voices from families can help people awake from a coma.
Does a walk free the mind?
A study found that a short walk each day could prevent an early death.
A&E a "barometer of the wider pressure that the system is under"
Martha Kearney is joined by health leaders from across the NHS to discuss its future
The crucial role of Ebola burial teams
The British government is funding over 100 burial teams.
New Year's Eve emergency service staff tell their stories
The Today programme asked two people working through the night to record audio diaries.
Chief medical officer for England on UK Ebola security
A nurse infected with Ebola was tested 7 times at Heathrow before being cleared to fly.
'The theory of everything', reviewed by two people who are living with motor neurone disease
The movie follows the life of physicist Stephen Hawking.
"There's a serious prospect of a polio-free Africa in the near future"
Edward Stourton speaks to former Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson
Prof Peter Piot: 'Touch is important, but with Ebola it can be deadly’
Professor Peter Piot on the impact of the Ebola outbreak.
Professor Karol Sikora: It's not quite true that you can do nothing to prevent cancer, but there are things you can't control
"The whole concept of the risk of getting cancer is a very confusing area."
"The UK will never be completely safe unless the outbreak is concluded entirely"
Edward Stourton talks to Dr Oliver Johnson about the Ebola epidemic
"A degree of organisational chaos" in Ebola screening—World at One, 30/12/2014
Edward Stourton talks to Professor George Griffin, advisor on Ebola to the Government
Atul Gawande: Give people choices till the end of life—The Reith Lectures, Dr Atul Gawande - The Future of Medicine, The Idea of Wellbeing
The Reith Lecturer says we should focus on giving people a good life till the very end.
Is curing disease the most important job of a doctor?—The Reith Lectures, Dr Atul Gawande - The Future of Medicine, The Problem of Hubris
Reith Lecturer Atul Gawande says doctors 'have to be good at more than just cure'.
Should more mothers give birth at home?
New NHS guidance says 45% of mothers and babies are better off giving birth
Dr Atul Gawande: How is medicine going to change in the future?—The Reith Lectures, Dr Atul Gawande - The Future of Medicine
'The future of medicine is going to be drastically different from the last century'.
Atul Gawande: The body is scarily intricate, hard to read
Dr Atul Gawande says the story of medicine is one of complexity and of human fallibility.
Anxiety and depression twice as prevalent in military - study says
Study suggests military personnel twice as likely to suffer from common mental problems.
Dr Sarah Wollaston: "this isn't the end of the NHS"
Dr Sarah Wollaston MP discusses devolving NHS spending to Greater Manchester
Pregnant smoker: "I desperately wanted to give up"
Mel Fallowfield smoked through her first pregnancy and part of her second.
Plan to reduce length of medical training will lead to 'lower standard of expertise'
'The level of expertise required of you as a consultant is of a very high standard'.
'Bed-blocking': The patients stuck in hospital
Significant numbers of patients are waiting to leave hospital but are faced with delays.
