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Life Support

Two health workers, one newly qualified and one soon to retire, swap notes on the realities of working in the health and social care sector today compared to the past.

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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Pharmacists
Two pharmacists discuss what their job was like in the past, compared to how it is now.
17 Feb 2023,14 mins
Paramedics
Two ambulance paramedics compare what the service was like in the past to how it is now.
16 Feb 2023,14 mins
GP Practice Managers
Managers discuss what life working in a GP surgery was like in the past, compared to now.
15 Feb 2023,14 mins
Anaesthetists
Two anaesthetists swap notes on the realities of working in healthcare then and now.
14 Feb 2023,14 mins
Midwives
Midwives discuss what working on hospital labour wards used to be like compared to now.
13 Feb 2023,14 mins