LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

NHS waiting times case

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

24 Jan 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:02:36

Description

Malcolm Brabant reports on 4 NHS patients (Alan Hinks, Marjorie(?) Lloyd, Marie Fleming, Lesley(?) Smith) being unsuccessful in a court case to sue Social Services Secretary David Ennals over long waiting times for their operations. Includes comment on the verdict from their solicitor Stephen Phillipson.

Contributors

Malcolm Brabant; Stephen Phillipson

Keywords

Health services; Law; Cost reduction; Public finance; NHS; Birmingham; Legal decisions; Trials; Health economics; Alan Hinks; Marie Fleming; Marjorie(?) Lloyd; Lesley(?) Smith

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