Tadworth Hospital closure
- Title
- Tadworth Hospital closure
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- Jan 1983
- Year of production
- 1983
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- Duration
- 00:06:26
- Description
- Report on health minister Kenneth Clarke’s visit to Tadworth Court Children’s Hospital in Surrey (05/01/83). The Government is considering closing the premises as a cost-cutting measure. The speakers include: 17 year-old wheelchair-using patient, Debbie Harvey; House Governor of the Ormond Street Hospital Group, Bill Milchum(?); Spastics Society director Tim Yeo. Female reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Kenneth Clarke; Tim Yeo; Debbie Harvey; Bill Milchum(?)
- Keywords
- Hospitals; Children; Charities; Medical treatment; Hospital management; Hospital care; Great Ormond Street Hospital; Respite care; Hospital finances; Tadworth Court Children’s Hospital; Spastics Society; Scope (charity)
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