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Sounds,12 Jan 2023,36 mins

GP: 'The whole NHS now is a big bin-fire'

Access All: Disability News and Mental Health

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Anna Morell visits Nikki Fox to discuss her bad experiences in A&E, which have been magnified by being disabled. While wheelchair-using GP, Hannah Barham-Brown, gives a useful overview of how over-crowding and a lack of staffing affects the health care of people with different impairments. BBC News Health editor Hugh Pym is in the studio to explain the latest NHS England figures. Ron is the new disabled contestant on this year's Love Island, according to the press. But is he actually disabled, wonders Emma Tracey. Plus Lauren Mahon from You Me and the Big C chats about cancer and bringing the award-winning podcast to an end. Produced by: Amy Elizabeth, Keiligh Baker and Emma Tracey Recording / mixing: Dave O'Neill Editors: Damon Rose, Sam Bonham.

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