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Government cuts (1979)

Genre

Interview

John Parker, cardiac surgeon, expresses his concerns over government cuts, particularly as they will affect the inter-site transfer of St. George’s Hospital, Hyde Park Corner, to Tooting, and interrrupt...

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D-Day Remembered: Documentary with reminiscences of wartime (1984)

D-DAY REMEMBERED [Series RADIO VICTORY ARCHIVE] A documentary, broadcast on Radio Victory, 6 June 1984, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy during World War Two, using the...

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Moving St George’s Hospital (1978)

Genre

Interview

Alison Monroe from the area health authority explains why they are moving St George’s Hospital from Hyde Park Corner in London to Tooting and the plans for the building itself. Male interviewer not...

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Roger Kirby, leading urologist, on Barts merger (1994)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Roger Kirby, one of the world’s leading urologists, who is quitting his consultant’s post at St Bartholomew’s Hospital (Barts) in London because uncertainty over its future is hampering...

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Hospital workers all-out strike (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Alan Ellis (St George’s Hospital NUPE shop steward) on the decision of hospital workers to participate in an all-out strike. He criticises Health Secretary David Ennals over the proposals to...

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Hyde Park hospital to close (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with NUPE official, Ian Scott, on the decision of Merton Area Health Authority to close St George’s Hospital at Hyde Park Corner in central London. Male interviewer not identified.

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Clapham rail crash (1988)

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

Kevin Murphy reports on the survivors of the Clapham Junction rail crash (12/12/88). Many of the injured were taken to St George’s Hospital, Tooting, and were visited by Margaret Thatcher and the Duchess...

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Bed shortages in London (1996)

Genre

Interview; News report

Some of the London’s top hospitals are turning away urgent cases because of critical bed shortages. Surgeons at St George’s hospital in Tooting are now ignoring the Government’s guidelines on patient...

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South London hospital closure (1983)

Genre

Interview

Interview about the threatened closure of the South London Hospital for Women and Children in Wandsworth, in exchange for improvements to St George’s Hospital in Tooting and on the campaign against it. 2...

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Documentary casts light on hospital conditions (1981)

Genre

Interview; News report

Report on a television documentary about psychiatric hospitals. The Silent Minority features St Lawrence’s Hospital in Caterham and Borocourt Hospital near Reading. Includes interview with COHSE nurses’...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio