Monthly Archives: February 2018

Ruth Waxman

February 25, 2018InterviewsJohn Smeeton

Ruth Waxman joins John Smeeton on Afternoon Delight this Tuesday 27th February between 1pm and 3pm. Ruth has been a diabetes healthcare campaigner since she was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes two decades ago. Her journey has included setting up and chairing a Diabetes UK local group, helping get a useful booklet for local people with diabetes published, meeting local MPs to discuss diabetes issues to keep it high on their agenda, being taken on as an ‘expert patient’ for NICE to talk about new drugs for diabetes and more recently sharing her experience of diabetes care in Parliament.

Songs You Shouldn’t Play On Hospital Radio…

February 23, 2018OtherCensorship, Hospital Radio, Royal Free RadioMartin

Something that most people don’t think about when listening to the Radio, but when adding new music to a Hospital Radio’s automated play-out system – you get to realise how risqué some songs can be perceived when played in the context of a hospital.

Listed below are a few songs which we have come across at Royal Free Radio, and decided that their message might not go down too well within the hospitals we broadcast to!

Bye Bye Baby – Bay City Rollers
The Drugs Don’t Work – The Verve
Who Wants To Live Forever – Queen
That’s Life – Frank Sinatra
The First Cut Is The Deepest – Rod Stewart
Heart Skips A Beat – Olly Murs
Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door – Bob Dylan
Girl, You have no Faith in Medicine – The White Stripes
She’s gone- Hall and Oates
Another One Bites The Dust – Queen
Die Another Day – Madonna
Prayer for The Dying – Seal
Staying Alive – The Bee Gees

Let us know of any songs you feel would fit into this category by contacting us on Facebook or Twitter and we’ll add them to the list!

Julia Franks

February 17, 2018InterviewsJohn Smeeton

Julia Franks joins John Smeeton on Tuesday 20th February between 1 and 3pm Julia plays classical guitar and entertains the patients at The Royal Free Hospital in the wards and also in the discharge area while patients wait to leave. We will also have the pleasure of listening to her play for us live on air

Danielle Wilde Dementia Lead Royal Free London

February 10, 2018InterviewsJohn Smeeton

Join John Smeeton on Tuesday 13th February between 1 and 3 pm when he talks to Danielle Wilde who is the Dementia lead at The Royal Free London when they talk about some very interesting aspects of dementia please don’t miss it.

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