NHS 40th anniversary funding crisis
- Title
- NHS 40th anniversary funding crisis
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop; Speech
- TX Date
- 18 Jan 1988
- Year of production
- 1988
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- Duration
- 00:08:30
- Description
- Margaret Shiels reports on the NHS as its 40th birthday approaches and on possible Conservative Government policy in the light of longer waiting lists and a loss of hospital beds despite alleged increases in funding. Also looks at role of Health Secretary, John Moore. Interviews with Toby Harris, Director of Association of Community Health Councils; Robin Cook, shadow health spokesman; Peter Hildrew, journalist; Ian Todd, Royal College of Surgeons; Eamonn Butler, Adam Smith Institute; parliamentary speech by Margaret Thatcher; vox pop with NHS staff.
- Contributors
- Margaret Thatcher; Robin Cook; Toby Harris; Eamonn Butler; Ian Todd; Margaret Shiels; Peter Hildrew
- Keywords
- Government; Health services; Conservative Party; NHS; Finance; Health policy; John Moore
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