Escape from the Bedpan

Published: March 10, 2023, 9 a.m.

\nSophie Hope draws on her recent experience as an NHS patient to explore the histories, economics and significance of the bedpan in acute care settings.\n

\nTaking the title from a 1951 article in the Canadian Medical Journal, Sophie embarks on an enquiry into why, despite protestations over 70 years ago that \u201cthe use of a bedpan is a horrid, humiliating business\u201d it remains in usage today. \n

\nWith the help of Stuart Hall\u2019s circuit of culture method Sophie spends time contemplating this embarrassing, awkward object from different angles.\n