LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

John Smith visit to threatened St Barts A and E

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

28 Apr 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:59

Description

Mark Phillips reports on Labour Party leader John Smith’s visit to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital on the local election campaign trail after a government media ban on the visit was lifted, the ban made the media all the more interested in covering the visit. John Smith, Labour London spokesman Frank Dobson and Health Secretary Brian Mawhinney comment on the ban and the possibility of the closure of the hospital. For Drivetime show.

Contributors

Frank Dobson; John Smith; Brian Mawhinney; Mark Phillips

Keywords

London; Labour Party; Conservative Party; NHS; Hospitals; Mass media; Local elections; Election campaigns; St Bartholomew’s Hospital; Drivetime (radio programme)

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