Fertility Clinics during Covid-19, Mothers in Prison, Monica Dolan

Published: June 8, 2020, 12:15 p.m.

Harriet Harman MP, raises concerns about the current treatment of mothers in prison during Covid-19 and the impact on their children and family life..\nFertility clinics were told last month that they could reopen as long as social distancing measures were in place. Being without access to fertility treatment has left thousands of couples \u2013 as well as single women \u2013 worried that they might run out of chances to conceive, and run out of time. Research has begun into the impact of clinic coronavirus delays on people\u2019s lives, relationships and feelings.\nPublic toilets have been a well-known victim of council cuts, leaving the UK with 50% fewer toilets than a decade ago. Coronavirus has caused even more closures \u2013 albeit temporarily. But where does that leave people who need urgent access to the loo? \nMonica Dolan is best known for her role as senior communications officer Tracey Pritchard in the BBC\u2019s comedy W1A. We speak to her about her latest film \u2018Days of the Bagnold Summer\u2019 about a mother and her relationship with her heavy metal loving teenage son.\nPresenter: Jane Garvey\nInterviewed guest: Harriet Harman MP\nInterviewed guest: Seetal Savla\nInterviewed guest: Zeynep Gurtin\nInterviewed guest: Rachel Cutting\nInterviewed guest: Bekki Farrar\nInterviewed guest: Monica Dolan\nProducer: Lucinda Montefiore