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ON NOW : Counterpoint
Series 27 - Episode 3

Counterpoint Paul Gambaccini chairs the third heat of the general knowledge music quiz.

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Wed 9 Jan 2013 21:00 BBC Radio 4

Duration:
28 minutes
First broadcast:
Tuesday 27 November 2012

Christina Patterson explores why nursing sometimes goes wrong, and investigates what can be done to put it right.

After she herself experienced nursing at its worst, in 2011 Christina spoke out in a Radio 4 Four Thought talk. In this programme she follows up, investigating the extent of poor nursing, asking why it happens so often, and getting to the bottom of what can be done to improve it.

As she speaks to her fellow patients, healthcare experts, politicians, and doctors, nurses and managers across the NHS, Christina hears about everything from faulty training programmes to inadequate regulatory regimes. But could the solution be something simpler to describe and much harder to deliver?

Producer: Giles Edwards.

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