The National Pharmacy Association and the Macular Society discuss how best to maintain a steady flow of drugs and medicines into the UK from the EU after the Brexit transition period runs out at the end of December.
And we hear from Stefano Sbrulli, the Italian photographer who captured lockdown on film from the perspective of blind and visually impaired people in the country. We also speak to one of the people who was snapped by Stefano.
PRESENTER: Peter White
PRODUCER: Mike Young
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Folge vom 25.08.2020Drug Supplies After The Brexit Transition Period Ends; A Photographic Record Of Blind People During Italy's Lockdown
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Folge vom 18.08.2020Heading Back To Work; "Blindness" At London's Donmar WarehouseWe look at the challenges facing people who are blind or visually impaired when they return to work for the first time since lockdown. We'll get advice from Maria Shinn. She's from ACAS which gives employees and employers free, impartial advice on workplace rights, rules and best practice. And our reporter Fern Lulham heads to London's Donmar Warehouse to check out a sound installation based on the novel "Blindness" by the Portuguese author José Saramago. Playwright Simon Stephens has adapted the book and Juliet Stevenson stars in the production which focuses on the the rise of a global pandemic.Presenter: Peter White. Producer: Mike Young.
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Folge vom 11.08.2020Blind charities battle back after lockdown; Her Abilities AwardPeter White hears about the efforts some blind charities are having to make to revive their finances and services after lockdown.And, Haben Girma, the first deafblind graduate of Harvard Law School, tells us about the Her Abilities Award and the drive to celebrate more women with disabilities.PRODUCER: Mike Young
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Folge vom 04.08.2020Virtual pubs, robot guide dogs and face masksThere are now more places where you have to wear a face mask but there are exemptions if you have a disability. The national charity Sense says the government should do more to raise awareness of exemptions as they report a rise in the number of abuse cases related to the wearing of masks. Could a robotic guide dog ever replace the real thing? We talk to Anthony Camu, a student who has designed a prototype of a new device that leads the user as a guide dog would, and Angela Wood, chair of Hab Vi UK, about the pros and cons.And if you're still not sure about going out to a real pub, how about The Staying Inn, a virtual pub, especially welcoming to blind and visually impaired people, where the pub quiz doesn't have a picture round.