LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Network

Genre

Interview; Documentary; Special

TX Date

1 Jan 1983

Year of production

1983

Play audio

To listen to the audio files, please log in.

Duration

00:54:34

Description

Documentary - 24 Hours in Casualty, produced by Hereward Radio and presented by David Thorsdike(?). 24 hours in Peterborough District Hospital with cases followed. Speakers include paediatrician Keith Redhead(?); patient Emma Torback(?) and her mother Joan Torback(?); casualty nurse, Sister Jane Mays(?); Dr Robin Glover; GP Mike Henchy; psychiatrist James Atherton; nurse Terry Collingwood(?); Dr Dick Cartmell(?); patient, ice skater Samantha(?); administrator Elizabeth Mansfield(?); other unidentified patients and staff; emergency personnel radio actuality. Broadcast as part of Network- best programmes from the independent radio network. Male introductory presenter not identified. Break in recording where news edited out.

Contributors

Hereward Radio; David Forsdike(?); Joan Torback(?); Emma Torback(?); Jane Mays(?); Robin Glover(?); Mike Henchy; James Atherton; Terry Collingwood(?); Dick Cartmell(?); Elizabeth Mansfield(?); Keith Redhead(?)

Keywords

Deaths; Suicide; Injuries; Emergency services; Health services; Violence; Ambulance services; Nurses; Hospitals; Medical personnel; Children (age group); Social services; Mental health; Patients; Drugs; Children (family); Public hospitals; Hospital staff; Diabetes; Alcohol; Doctors; Road accidents; Hospital patients; Hospital administration; Emergency treatment; Drunkenness; Paramedical personnel; Hospital care; Overdose; Ice skating; General practitioners; Paediatrics; Fractures; X-rays; Head injuries; Peterborough District Hospital; Toxicology

The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.