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New series of Inside Health

Posted on Health, TV and radio

A new fourteen-part OU/BBC radio series of Inside Health starts today, Tuesday 14 January, and runs weekly on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.

The series airs at 9.30am each week and will explore a wide variety of health-related topics to bring clarity to conflicting health advice and separate fact from fiction

There will be interviews with leading health professionals and scientists and first-hand accounts from people directly affected by the issues being examined.

Dr Rebecca Garcia, Associate Head of School for Nursing and Health Professions and Dr Philippa Waterhouse, Senior Lecturer in Health at The Open University were the academic consultants on the series. They said:

“As the academic consultants for Inside Health, we worked with the production team to offer insights and expertise on a range of health topics covered in the series, including prostate cancer testing, hearing loss, adult tooth brushing, assisted dying, mould and health in the home, and many more.

Health issues affect all of us and we hope that by demystifying some of the unclear information surrounding these topics, we can help people to become better informed.”

This series was commissioned by Broadcast and Partnerships and is supported by the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies, with particular relevance to R39 Nursing, R26 Health and Social Care, Q96 Health and Health Sciences and R64 Public Health

  • Commissioned by Dr Caroline Ogilvie, Director, Broadcast and Partnerships
  • Academic Consultants: Dr Rebecca Garcia and Dr Philippa Waterhouse
  • Media Fellow: Professor Erica Borgstrom
  • Broadcast Project Manager: Clair Robinson
  • Supporting Online Content: Xinmiao Zhang 

Supporting Online content:  Visit the OU’s Broadcast and Partnerships site OU Connect where you can find a health ‘myth busting’ interactive quiz and from Tues 21 Jan, an interactive guide to health issues that people can find uncomfortable discussing with others.