Parenting / 31 October, 2023 / My Baba
Ellie Thompson welcomes NHS GP and author Dr. Ellie Cannon to the show to talk about this year’s winter health concerns and their impact on our children. Dr. Ellie dives into the latest on Covid this winter, the perks of the flu vaccine for kids, the scoop on the chickenpox vaccine, as well as some easy tips for dealing with croup.
Dr Ellie is supporting NHS England’s latest campaign which is raising awareness of changes to the way you access help and receive the care you need from your GP practice. In addition to GPs, many GP practices have a range of other health professionals who can help you, including nurses, physiotherapists, clinical pharmacists, mental health practitioners, paramedics, social prescribers, and health and wellbeing coaches. Listen now to find out more.
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Dr Ellie is the GP for the Mail on Sunday with weekly health pages that also appear on Mailonline. She is the regular on-screen GP for Sky News and Channel 5 News, and is often asked to commentate on health across a wide range of media including Radio 4, LBC and ITV news.
Ellie’s expertise across all health and medicine is current thanks to her NHS practice and her passion is to empower patients to make sensible informed choices. She has appeared on prime-time Channel 4 series Health Freaks and Doctor in Your House as well as specials for ITV Tonight on breast cancer and work-place stress.
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