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New breast reconstruction guidance is being introduced on Wednesday 20th November which aims to improve the quality and delivery of care for all breast cancer patients in the UK. The guidelines written by a group of experts including , and have been developed in response to findings from the National Mastectomy and Breast Cancer Audit, which involved more than 18,000 women. It highlighted a number of inconsistencies in breast cancer patient care across the NHS. To discuss Jenni is joined by Joe O鈥橠onoghue, specialist in oncoplastic breast surgery at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Newcastle and Emma Pennery, Clinical Director, Breast Cancer Care.

For the want of six votes out of 448 in the whole of the Church of England鈥檚 synod, there will be . And there can鈥檛 be another vote on the matter for another five years. So where does that leave those senior women who believed they would soon be elevated to positions of power? Christina Rees is a member of the.

is the only woman writer to be short-listed for the聽.聽She trained as a research scientist in biotechnology before becoming a science journalist.聽In her book My Beautiful Genome she ponders the consequences of biological fortune-telling and asks: 鈥榃hat might be waiting in my future? Will I die the way my parents did? If I took a sneak peek at my genome, could it tell me what is in store for me? And if I know my prognosis well in advance, can I rewrite my future?鈥櫬燬he looks at consumer-led 鈥済enomics鈥�,聽such as聽 the first genetic dating service, and a genetic test for infidelity in men.聽And she explores the connection between specific genes and personality prompted by her own families struggle with depression.聽 My Beautiful Genome by Lone Frank :聽 Oneworld Publications聽 in paperback.

Three years ago, Susan Boyle achieved instant global stardom after her rendition of Les Miserables 鈥業 Dreamed a Dream鈥� on Britain鈥檚 Got Talent.聽Her first three albums have sold over 18 million copies and topped the charts in numerous countries. There鈥檚 been a musical based on her life, and she鈥檚 performed with the likes of Elaine Paige and most recently her childhood pin up Donny Osmond. Despite her millions, the Scottish singer still prefers to reside in the home she grew up in Blackburn, West Lothian. Her latest album 鈥楽tanding Ovation鈥� is a collection of songs from the stage.

Jude Kelly is the Artistic Director of , Britain鈥檚 largest cultural institution, showcasing classical and contemporary music, dance, performance, visual arts, literature, and spoken word. She began as a theatre director, and is now of the most powerful women in the arts world, but on the way up she had to fight prejudice and sexism, and faced a lack of female role models. Who are the most powerful women and聽why is it just so very important to hear women鈥檚 voices in the arts?