Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and optimised for iPhone 5. Available from the App Store. For Android, it requires 2.3.3 and up, and is available from Google Play. Free www.internationalsos.com/en/ 7484.aspx This app is the pocket companion to the Ebola in Africa section of the International SOS website. With headquarters in London and Singapore, International SOS is a company that provides medical, clinical and security services in 81 countries for organisations with international operations. The app is updated regularly with information on the virus, the latest outbreaks of Ebola, symptoms, treatment, travel advice and how individuals and organisations can respond to the epidemic. There are maps showing the affected areas, which are available offline and updated constantly. The app streams a Twitter feed on Ebola and there is an educational video on staying safe while travelling. Packed with no-nonsense, non-sensationalist information on the Ebola epidemic, this app is an invaluable resource. Roger Evans is assistant editor, Nursing Standard
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Ebola – What You Need to Know app ★★★★★
PICK OF THE WEEK
ABORTION – IRELAND’S GUILTY SECRET
Wednesday February 4, BBC 3, 9-10pm Reporter Alys Harte (pictured) investigates abortion in Ireland. In Northern Ireland, unlike the rest of the UK, the procedure is illegal. Every year thousands of women travel to England to access safe and legal abortion. But this is expensive and time-consuming. Many of those who cannot afford to travel are now breaking the law by buying termination pills online. South of the border, in the Republic of Ireland, a fetus has the same legal right to life as the pregnant woman. SUNDAY FEBRUARY 1
Inside Health
Call the Midwife
BBC Radio 4, 9-9.30pm Mark Porter continues to demystify perplexing health issues.
BBC 1, 8-9pm Poplar in east London is gripped by an outbreak of dysentery. Nurse Crane meets a malnourished, pregnant Irish woman who is covered in flea bites. MONDAY FEBRUARY 2
Helicopter Heroes Down Under BBC 1, 11.45am-12.15pm, Monday-Friday This series follows British flying doctors and aircrew saving lives in Australia. A team braves a 5,000-foot drop to rescue an injured man in the Blue Mountains.
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 4
GPs – Behind Closed Doors Channel 5, 8-9pm In the first episode of a new observational series filmed at a GP surgery in south London, a patient with terminal liver cancer talks frankly about coming to terms with his own mortality.
Abortion – Ireland’s Guilty Secret? BBC 3, 9-10pm See Pick of the Week
Panorama – Emergency in A&E
24 Hours in A&E
BBC1, 8.30-9pm The Panorama team returns to the emergency department of the University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton. A year ago, reporter Vivian White spent a week at the hospital. One year on the service is under intense pressure.
Channel 4, 9-10pm This episode of the fly-on-the-wall documentary filmed at St George’s Hospital in south west London focuses on older patients who are reluctant to get the help they need.
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 3
Costa Casualty – Benidorm ER Channel 5, 8-9pm An 81 year old from Scarborough arrives at the Spanish resort’s medical centre in a critical condition – unconscious and unresponsive. A stroke is suspected, and his prognosis is poor.
Bodyshockers – Nips, Tucks and Tattoos Channel 4, 10-11pm Katie Piper talks to Cher, who regrets having a skull and crossbones tattooed on her stomach. Dean wants to cover his shoulders and chest with a tattooed memento of Thailand. Compiled by nurse Margaret Paul
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The best of the week’s health-related TV and radio BBC
Ebola – What You Need to Know app ★★★★★
PICK OF THE WEEK
ABORTION – IRELAND’S GUILTY SECRET
Wednesday February 4, BBC 3, 9-10pm Reporter Alys Harte (pictured) investigates abortion in Ireland. In Northern Ireland, unlike the rest of the UK, the procedure is illegal. Every year thousands of women travel to England to access safe and legal abortion. But this is expensive and time-consuming. Many of those who cannot afford to travel are now breaking the law by buying termination pills online. South of the border, in the Republic of Ireland, a fetus has the same legal right to life as the pregnant woman. SUNDAY FEBRUARY 1
Inside Health
Call the Midwife
BBC Radio 4, 9-9.30pm Mark Porter continues to demystify perplexing health issues.
BBC 1, 8-9pm Poplar in east London is gripped by an outbreak of dysentery. Nurse Crane meets a malnourished, pregnant Irish woman who is covered in flea bites. MONDAY FEBRUARY 2
Helicopter Heroes Down Under BBC 1, 11.45am-12.15pm, Monday-Friday This series follows British flying doctors and aircrew saving lives in Australia. A team braves a 5,000-foot drop to rescue an injured man in the Blue Mountains.
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 4
GPs – Behind Closed Doors Channel 5, 8-9pm In the first episode of a new observational series filmed at a GP surgery in south London, a patient with terminal liver cancer talks frankly about coming to terms with his own mortality.
Abortion – Ireland’s Guilty Secret? BBC 3, 9-10pm See Pick of the Week
Panorama – Emergency in A&E
24 Hours in A&E
BBC1, 8.30-9pm The Panorama team returns to the emergency department of the University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton. A year ago, reporter Vivian White spent a week at the hospital. One year on the service is under intense pressure.
Channel 4, 9-10pm This episode of the fly-on-the-wall documentary filmed at St George’s Hospital in south west London focuses on older patients who are reluctant to get the help they need.
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 3
Costa Casualty – Benidorm ER Channel 5, 8-9pm An 81 year old from Scarborough arrives at the Spanish resort’s medical centre in a critical condition – unconscious and unresponsive. A stroke is suspected, and his prognosis is poor.
Bodyshockers – Nips, Tucks and Tattoos Channel 4, 10-11pm Katie Piper talks to Cher, who regrets having a skull and crossbones tattooed on her stomach. Dean wants to cover his shoulders and chest with a tattooed memento of Thailand. Compiled by nurse Margaret Paul
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