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DrÌýMark PorterÌýgives listeners the low-down on what the medical profession does and doesn't know. Each week an expert in the studio tacklesÌýa particular topic and there are reports from around the UK on the health of the nation - and the NHS.
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"I spend half my week practising medicine and the other half writing and talking about it as a GP in Gloucestershire. Working on Case Notes has been a boon for both me and my patients. One of the principal aims of the programme is to keep our listeners up-to-date with the latest developments in healthcare, and to accomplish that I get to interview a wide range of specialists at the cutting edge of medicine. A rare privilege that ensures our listeners aren't the only ones to learn something new."
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Immunisation
In this week's edition of Case Notes, Dr Mark Porter looks at vaccinations.
He will be learning how to develop the new flu jab, and why this year's supply could be delayed. And he finds out about the changes to routine childhood vaccinations.
Childhood Immunisation
Last month the new changes to the childhood immunisation regime came into force.
Mark's guest in the studio is Dr David Elliman, Community Paediatric Consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital and Islington Primary Care Trust.Ìý HeÌýdescribes the changes, including the new pneumococcal vaccine which helps fight pneumonia and meningitis.
Whooping Cough
Dr Doug Jenkinson at the Keyworth Health Centre in Nottingham believes the majority of GPs are failing to diagnose whooping cough.
The vaccine, pertussis, protects against this disease, but it wears off.
Whooping cough is not usually dangerous for older children and adults, but can be fatal to babies.
Flu vaccine
There are concerns that this year's flu vaccine will not be ready in time.
Every year drug companies have to manufacture new vaccines as the flu virus changes and mutates.
The World Health Organisation tracks the virus throughout the year and decides in February which strains of the virus will dominate.
Mark visits the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control to find out how the national laboratories and drug companies work with eggs to grow the virus and develop the new vaccine. |
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91Èȱ¬ Parenting: Childhood immunisations
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