Strep-A has killed 16 children and caused panic among parents. The situation has been exacerbated by a lack of vital antibiotic supplies. In this week’s podcast, we take a look at what went wrong – and what it tells us about our Government’s response to infectious diseases in a post-pandemic world.
Joining us to lift the lid on what has hampered the response is i Policy Editor Jane Merrick, who has broken a series of stories during the outbreak about the scramble to supply the vital antibiotics needed to parents of sick children. i Reporter Alannah Francis also joins us to tell us about the frontline medical staff and families that have been swept up in the chaos.
Read Jane's coverage here: https://inews.co.uk/author/jane-merrick
Here are Alannah's reports from the frontline of the outbreak.
https://inews.co.uk/news/strep-a-mother-girl-symptoms-infection-pharmacy-antibiotics-2017441
https://inews.co.uk/news/antiobiotics-shortage-goverment-supply-issues-lives-risk-2014511
Many of us have had the “saving for a rainy day” adage drilled into us since an early age. So why are increasing numbers of people turning their backs on it, when it comes to their pensions?
The latest DWP figures reveal that one in six people aged 40 to 75 haven’t begun saving for retirement yet, while a quarter will be solely relying on the state pension. Lizzie Anderson has been speaking to those that have decided to live life to the full and go pension free.
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