meningitis now

Dean Holden & Danielle Nicholls

In this week’s podcast, we get to talk to married couple Dean Holden and Danielle Nicholls. Danielle is an English TV presenter, radio host, model, and singer, best known for presenting on CITV. 
Dean is an ex-professional footballer and the current first-team assistant manager at Stoke City having previously managed Bristol City. Together they have five children. Danielle and Dean faced every parent’s worst nightmare with the loss of their 17-month-old daughter Cici.

We speak to Dean and Daniel about

• Their careers
• Transitioning from working to becoming a Mum and then being a working mum
• Dealing with tragedy 
• Grief 
• Moving forwards

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They say a mother’s instinct is one of the most powerful ways to protect a child, so what happens when medical professionals tell you that your instincts are wrong?

In this episode Kate Gerbeau meets a mother whose son died of meningitis after medical staff ignored her desperate pleas for help.

She is also joined by Steve Dayman, founder of Meningitis Now and Victoria Beel, clinical negligence lawyer at Slater and Gordon.

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