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177 results found for '"Patients"' in Keywords.
Electric power dispute (1977)
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Interview with Neil Cripps on why people on kidney dialysis machines, like himself, are being badly affected by the current strike by electric power workers. Discussion of the effects of prolonged power cuts...
Electric power dispute (1977)
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Electric power dispute. Clive Amos(?), administrator at the Prince of Wales Hospital in north London, on the death of 84-year-old Lilian Pettengel during surgery, which was disrupted by a power cut at the...
Patrick Jenkin on NHS (1977)
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Interview with Patrick Jenkin Conservative MP, on allegations in the press over an NHS hospital where cutbacks were blamed for decisions that put patients at risk of infection. Says the NHS has become...
Psychiatric hospital report (1977)
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Eric Moonman MP on Barnet Health Authority refusing to release a report to the public on unnecessary drugging and detention at Friern Psychiatric Hospital. Male interviewer not identified.
Patient records investigation (1978)
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Interview with Sir Idwal Pugh, the Parliamentary Ombudsman, on an investigation into the case of a consultant surgeon who refused to treat a patient with a broken spine because the hospital administration...
Catherine Crutchett on daughter’s operation (1978)
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Catherine Crutchett of Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, on the operation that left her daughter, Judith, brain damaged. Judith was awarded £150,000 damages after she stopped breathing in the recovery...
Closure of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital (1978)
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Unidentified female speaker criticises the decision to close the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital. Male interviewer not identified.
Father accuses NHS of murdering son (1978)
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Eddie Begley says the National Health Service murdered his disabled son, Anthony, after he was forced to wait thirteen months for an operation and died of a cardiac arrest. Female interviewer not identified.
Death of Anthony Begley - Dr Gerard Vaughan reaction (1978)
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Conservative Health spokesman Dr Gerard Vaughan gives his reaction to the death of 13-year-old Anthony Begley, who died while on an NHS waiting list. Male interviewer not identified.
Hospital workers’ dispute - Service to patients (1978)
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Interview with Colm O’Kane of COHSE, chief negotiator for the supervisors in the hospital workers’ dispute, on the service provided to patients during the strike. Male interviewer not identified (poss....