Documentary – DAUK

DAUK on BBC Panorama: The Virus vs The Vaccine

Matt Kneale — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 12:18:50 +0000

The Doctors’ Association UK featured in BBC Panorama’s documentary “The Virus vs The Vaccine”. Watch Dr Jenny Vaughan and Dr Pushpo Hossain in our clips, or access the full programme via BBC iplayer – available for the rest of the year: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000rggf

Dr Pushpo Hossain

Dr Jenny Vaughan

DAUK on Panorama: The Virus vs The Vaccine

Matt Kneale — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 23:28:21 +0000

Dr Jenny Vaughan on BBC Panorama – 11th January 2021 – “[NHS staff] at the moment are having to work in conditions not seen in this country in peacetime.”

The Doctors’ Association UK featured in BBC Panorama’s documentary “The Virus vs The Vaccine” last week. Our Vice-chair Dr Jenny Vaughan and committee member Dr Pushpo Babel Hossain spoke about conditions within the NHS during our third lockdown.

With the country locked down again in the battle against coronavirus, Panorama reporter Clive Myrie asks what it will take to get through this latest, deadly stage of the pandemic. Hospitals are under pressure, with many said to be at breaking point. Once again, we’re being told to ‘stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives’. With schools shut and most exams cancelled, Panorama assesses the impact on young people’s mental health. The arrival of a vaccine offers hope, but its rollout is now in a race with a new, highly contagious strain of the virus

The full programme is available to watch on BBC iplayer for 11 months: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000rggf/panorama-the-virus-vs-the-vaccine

The Canary: DAUK’s Dr Yaso Browne interviewed for a documentary for The Canary on the NHS

Matt Kneale — Sun, 08 Dec 2019 20:02:53 +0000

DAUK were delighted to be asked to be filmed for a new documentary for The Canary on how NHS cuts and creeping privatisation has affected the NHS and it’s staff. This new film features exclusive interviews with doctors, nurses, campaigners and many others who care about the future of our NHS. The NHS is one of the most important issues of this election, and The Canary says this film will reveal exactly what’s at stake.

The Red Cross in 2017 said the NHS was in humanitarian crisis. And that was following 2 people dying on a trolley waiting to be seen.
Dr Yaso Browne, DAUK Lead Editor

Interviewed alongside other healthcare staff Dr Yaso Browne speaks about the reality of working in today’s NHS. She explores the impact skeleton staffing on waiting times and patient safety, as well as discussing the impact of under-resourcing on doctors and healthcare professionals.

63% of doctors say they are burnout at work, and unfortunately 430 healthcare professionals have committed suicide in the UK.
Dr Yaso Browne, GP and DAUK Lead Editor

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Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden presents a BBC Radio 4 documentary on why doctors are leaving the NHS

Matt Kneale — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 19:20:00 +0000

Want to know what our medical institutions really think about why doctors are leaving the NHS? This week DAUK Chair, Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden interviews key policy makers in the GMC, NHS Providers, BMA and Royal College of Emergency Medicine as part of a documentary for BBC Radio 4.

Sharing her heartfelt personal experiences of frontline working in Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Sammy spoke of the toll this has had on her life. To get to the root of the problem she asked the tough questions that many doctors want answered by our medical establishment.

The half an hour episode as part of the My Name Is series included raw and candid interviews with hard hitting questions to Charlie Massey, Chief Executive of the General Medical Council, Saffron Cordery, Deputy Chief Executive of NHS Providers, Dr Taj Hassan, President of RCEM as well as Dr Jeeves Wij, Chair of UK JDC amongst others, holding these organisations to account for their decisions.

To give a balanced view of the frontline she speaks to a number of practicing junior doctors from a variety of specialties such as Emergency Medicine, Surgery and Intensive Care who give a first hand account of the pressures faced in the NHS currently.

The programme was be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 20:00 on Monday 10th June 2019. Catch up with the episode below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005t3h

Dr Cicely Cunningham featured on BBC World Service, The Why Factor – Blame

Matt Kneale — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 21:19:00 +0000

‘When things go wrong, we crave something or someone to blame. It’s an emotional response found in nearly every culture – but why is this something we all recognise?’

After a junior doctor was convicted of gross negligence manslaughter for mistakes made whilst working under intolerable pressure, a campaign for a just culture in the NHS was launched by DAUK. This campaign, Learn Not Blame, is lead by Dr Cicely Cunningham, a DAUK executive committee member. Listen to Cicely being interviewed by BBC World Service for The Why Factor in this episode about blame.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p070n3g0