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11 results found for '"Prescription drugs"' in Keywords.

  • Hayes at the weekend (1977)

    Genre
    Interview; Talk show

    Hayes at the Weekend looks back at the week’s topical shows. Includes interviews with Jack Dunn, General Secretary of Kent NUM on miners rejecting a pay incentive scheme, productivity, hazardous work and...

  • Prescription charges to increase (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with unidentified Conservative MP (poss. Gerard Vaughan) about increase in NHS prescription charges.

  • Arthritis drug, Opren banned (1982)

    Genre
    News report; Interview; Speech

    Report on the UK banning of the arthritis drug, Opren, because of adverse side effects. Speakers include Eli Lilly spokesman Fritz Fromhier(?); Eli Lilly and Company medical director Brian Denary(?); British...

  • Generic drugs to be prescribed (1984)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Social Services Secretary Norman Fowler on the Government’s decision to have generic drugs rather than specific brands prescribed by the NHS to save money. Male interviewer not identified.

  • Decision makers (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; Documentary

    Decision Makers: Tragedy of Tranquilisers. Presented by Richard Bestic. Contributors include Frank Wells, British National Formulary, and Joan Jerome, Tranx; also David Turner, John Patten, Frank Dobson,...

  • Rise in prescription charges (1985)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with UK Health Minister Kenneth Clarke about the rise in prescription charges to aid in developing the NHS. He explains who and why some members of society are exempt from the charges. Male...

  • Ian Sheridan on drug damage and the British legal system (1987)

    Genre
    Interview

    Ian Sheridan, legal advisor to the Action Group, on the faults of the British legal system with regard to damage done by legal drugs. He talks about how the system cannot cope when numerous people are...

  • Rise in prescription prices (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    A female Conservative Party politician (not identified) defends the Government’s increase in prescription prices above the level of inflation and disputes the Labour Party accusation they are taxing the...

  • Rise in prescription prices (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with male Labour Party politician (not identified) on the rise in prescription costs above the level of inflation announced by the Conservative Government and the effect on people on low incomes....

  • Halcion sleeing pills banned in Britain (1991)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with the Chairman of the Government’s Committee on the Safety of Medicines Professor William Asscher, onthe banning of the sleeping pill Halcion and other drugs containing triazolam, and the side...