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Last broadcast on Thu, 23 Sep 2010, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
Presented by Jenni Murray. The new Labour leader will be revealed this Saturday. How can he or she best reach out to women? Can too much care undermine autonomy in the elderly? Nonagenarian Diana Athill joins Jenni to discuss the issues. And student confidentiality. If a young person is at risk, should their families be informed?
Labour leadership: Who will win for women - Ed, David, Diane, Andy or Ed?
The die is cast on who will become the next leader of the Labour party. The ballot closed at five o’clock on Wednesday with the winner to be revealed at the party’s conference on Saturday. After a general election campaign in which women were near invisible and a leadership election in which just one woman stood, how will the new leader reach out to those who think the party fails to represent them? Jenni is joined by Labour MP Meg Hillier who’s already put her hat in the ring for the shadow cabinet elections and by party pollster Deborah Mattinson.
Universities' Duty of Care
Many young people across the country are setting off for university. This time last year, Carolyn Done’s son Lawrence Stirk was a bright student who’d got straight As at A level and was taking up a place at Birmingham to study physics and cosmology. But tragically he took his own life in March this year. The inquest last month heard that he had been diagnosed with depression by a university GP and was receiving university counselling; he had also made an earlier attempt to harm himself. His mother, Carolyn, had been unaware of this. Jenni spoke to her earlier about what had happened. So what is a university’s duty of care towards its students – and towards the parents of its students? And is there ever a case for breach of confidentiality? Jenni discusses with Nicola Barden, Head of Counselling at the University of Portsmouth; and Nicola Dandridge, Chief Executive of Universities UK.
Ageing and Independence
Does encouraging the elderly to be more independent allow them to become more active – or prohibit them from getting the care they need?Jenni talks to 92 year old writer and retired literary editor, Diana Athill, who has recently moved into a home, as well as Jill Manthorpe, Director of the Social Care Research Unit at King’s College London, about whether too much care can undermine autonomy.
Chapters
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Chapter 1
Jenni is joined by Deborah Mattinson, Labour pollster and Meg Hillier, M.P. Shadow Home Officer Minister
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Chapter 2
Carolyn Done on her son Lawrence Stirk's suicide, followed by Nicola Barden, Head of Counselling at the University of Portsmouth and Nicola Dandridge, Chief Executive of Universities UK.
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Chapter 3
Jill Manthorpe, Director of the Social Care Research Unit and King's College London and Diana Athill, writer, who's recently moved into a care home.
Broadcast
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Thu 23 Sep 201010:00
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