Well, I think it went pretty well - even if some minor celebrity like Ken Livingstone stole a bit of the time away.

You can listen to the broadcast here for the next week - my bit starts 1 hour 19 minutes into the broadcast.

This time, I had a car come and fetch me, and one to bring me back to my doorstep - this was really nice, as I've never gotten chauffeured around before. The drivers are normally contracted to the BBC and drive the radio and TV stars around. Chatting to them I got to hear how Phil Jupitus and Dale Winton are really nice people, while there is a BBC regular who is apparently a right sod to drive around (and is a rarity, as most of the stars are normally nice people).

See, this is what I mean about 'Don't be stupid', (as Robert Scoble puts Microsoft's blogging policy "Be Smart") I can say nice things about people, but unless it happens directly to me, I can't really say nasty things about people.

Today, instead of sitting in a little cupboard on my own in Broadcasting house (as I did with the Radio Scotland programme) I was in the main studio in White City with Victoria Derbyshire. This meant that it was much easier to have an actual discussion, unfortunately Richard Allan wasn't physically there, but he is probably busy being the MP for Sheffield Hallam.

I managed to say some of the things that I think are important when you consider 'work blogs', but then I could talk about it for an hour, and still not have enough time

Listening back to the broadcast I think it went rather well, and I'm grateful for Victoria giving me the chance to mention "Free Mojtaba and Arash Day", which I thought put the whole idea of losing your job over blogging in context.

Everyone at the BBC was really nice, and they were all excellent ambassadors for the Beeb - also their offices look really nice.

It was a real pleasure, and thanks to everyone who made my visit so enjoyable.

Details here and here.

Now listen to me as I struggle to mention it on the radio today.

It turns out that Newham General Hospital had at least 70 people through their doors concerning the food poisoning epidemic. Some patients also had gone to King George's hospital or to Whipps Cross hospital, which, if you add in the number of people who are suffering in silence at home makes a lot of rather sick people

The kebab place has duly been closed and the various public/environmental health bodies are looking closely at the situation. I have heard an unconfirmed rumour that the cause of the sickness was due to Salmonella

At least one person is very ill, and at least eight people were admitted to Newham hospital. This has stretched the resources in the area to near breaking point, Newham hospital and King George's hospital were both closed on Sunday night because the A&Es were full, and there were no beds left in the hospital. It got so bad that Newham hospital declared an internal "major incident" a wise choice I think, as it means that the resources needed to deal with the situation are pointed in the right direction.

Unfortunately, with our local hospitals closed, patients have needed to go further to get to a hospital. Some are quite happy, such as those who get taken to the Royal London (remember, in most people's eyes the Royal London is the hospital to go to. Meanwhile others have been less happy (such as those who have been taken to Whipps Cross

It is my belief that a terrorist network doesn't need bombs to bring London to it's knees, it just needs to spread a little Salmonella around, and then watch the NHS collapse

The government is doing away with Co-proxamol because of it's role in suicide. It is second only to tricyclics (anti-depressants) as the favoured prescribed drug of choice for suicide.

There is also an increased risk of accidental overdose, because one of the ingredients is dangerous in small doses, also if you take alcohol with it (as most suicide attempts do), then the drug is made more toxic.

There has been no proof that Co-Proxamol is any more effective than normal paracetamol in the relief of pain.

There are between 400-500 deaths per year due to Co-Proxamol poisoning. Approximately one fifth of these are due to accidental overdoses.

The Royal Colleges (doctors and the like) were all unanimous in asking for it's removal, while the patients who were asked, were all against it being removed.

And yet...

There are a lot of people who I know, for which Co-Proxamol is an effective painkiller.

More people kill themselves via paracetamol than any other drug (and it is often a much longer, painful death).

If people are going to kill themselves, then they will find a way to do it.

The MHRA recommendation for pain relief suggests the prescription of tricyclics for more severe pain relief - you may recognise 'tricyclics', it's the most popular prescribed drug or overdosing.

I'm guessing (for I haven't seen the report) that many of the accidental overdoses, are actually people who have taken an overdose and then changed their minds about it - or that they haven't realised quite how dangerous these drugs can be.

At the end of the day, any drug can be misused, but a lot of people now feel that the authorities are trying to 'nanny' us. I can only hope that this will mean that GP's will be better trained in pain management. Unfortunately I doubt it.

Please note IANAP (I Am Not A Pharmacist)

I'm saddened by the news that Ivan Noble has died. Ivan was a journalist for the BBC who had been writing about coping with a brain tumour for the past two years. I think that he touched a lot of people with his honest, heartfelt writing. A collection of his diaries will be published later this year, with the proceeds going to charity.