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Woman's Hour: Ockenden Review, Puberty Blockers, Student Sex Work Policy

11/12/2020

Ockenden Review, Puberty Blockers, Student Sex Work Policy

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Ockenden Review, Puberty Blockers, Student Sex Work Policy

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This week the first part of The Ockenden Review into Maternity Services at  the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS (SaTH) Trust was published. It urges improvements in the way mothers and babies are looked after, not just in Shrewsbury but across England. We talk to the local MP there, Lucy Allan, as well as Gill Walton from The Royal College of Midwives and Jayne Terry who's an obstetrician in London.

We have part 2 of our series which talks to parents about puberty blockers. Today we hear from a mum, who we're calling Nichola, who's seriously worried about her child taking them. 

And Leicester University are launching a Student Sex Worker Policy and Toolkit. Why? What is it? And does it suggest that choosing sex-work as a option for earn money whilst studying is a good idea? We discuss with Professor Teela Sanders from Leicester University, and Sarah Ditum, who's a feminist writer and columnist.

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