Sleep solutions

The amount of sleep you get makes a huge difference to your life – don’t get enough and it can harm your health, productivity and decision making.

But research also suggests that people on lower incomes sleep less, because of things like shift work, overcrowded housing and stress. So how do you improve the sleep of those most in need?

We visit a project in the north of England which is recycling old mattresses to help sleep deprived families afford a decent slumber. Myra Anubi talks to a researcher studying the sleep of people living in informal settlements in India and are discovering the power of a little nap. And we find out about a project in Spain which is helping hospital patients sleep more soundly.

Presenter: Myra Anubi

Reporters: Josephine Casserly and Esperanza Escribano

Producer: Craig Langran and Claire Bates

Series producer: Tom Colls

Sound mix: Hal Haines

Editor: Penny Murphy

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Image: A bed (Getty Images)