LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

NHS trust protests

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:02:52

Description

Report on a protest against the Government’s new Citizen’s Charter for health and suppression of a Commons Health Committee report into the trust and its job cuts, at Prime Minister John Major’s visit to Guy’s Lewisham NHS trust for a topping-out ceremony for a new unit. With comment from Liberal Democrat MP Simon Hughes; COSHE regional officer Richard Parker; Trust board member Cyril Chandler; Health Committee Chairman Nicholas Winterton. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Nicholas Winterton; Simon Hughes; Richard Parker; Cyril Chandler

Keywords

Reports; Health services; NHS; Demonstrations; Ceremonies; John Major; Charters; Public services reform; Health economics; Health services administration; Citizen’s Charter; Guy’s Lewisham NHS Trust

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