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High Court ruling on contraceptives - Victoria Gillick reaction (1983)

Genre

Interview

Tim Crook interviews Victoria Gillick after she lost her High Court challenge to prevent doctors prescribing the Pill to underage girls without parental consent.

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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...

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Thrombosis warnings on contraceptive pills (1995)

Genre

Interview

Dan Damon interviews Health Minister Gerry Malone on controversial government health warnings by the Committee on the Safety of Medicines that seven brands of the contraceptive pill pose a higher than normal...

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MP calls for Debendox drug suspension (1980)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Labour MP Jack Ashley on his campaign for a UK suspension of the anti-morning sickness pill Debendox after allegations it causes nausea, and possible baby deformities. His call follows a ten...

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Solicitor on medical ethics case (1990)

Genre

Interview

Solicitor Martin Kay(?) on GP John Scott of Burwell in Cambridgeshire being struck off the medical register for giving a patient contraceptives before having sex with her. Other charges against Scott,...

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Victoria Gillick and her birth control appeal (1984)

Genre

News report

Report on Victoria Gillick, who wants it to be made legal for doctors to tell parents if girls under 16 seek to go on the pill. Gillick’s legal battle has received support from Roman Catholic and Jewish...

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Thrombosis warnings on contraceptive pills (1995)

Genre

News report; Interview

Dominic Waghorn reports on the stream of enquiries by panicked women following health warnings by the government’s Committee on the Safety of Medecine (CSM) yesterday that seven brands of the contraceptive...

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Brian Hayes show (1977)

Genre

Interview; Phone-in

Hayes at the Weekend. Dr Mike Smith, Chief Medical Officer of the Family Planning Association, speaking on research into the oral contraceptive pill and the risks of taking it; Sir Henry Plumb, President of...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Home and royal news review 1995 (1995)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

Will Roncon presents the Home and Royal News Review of 1995. It covers Prince Charles and Princess Diana (Prince and Princess of Wales)’s marriage and divorce, Prince William starting at Eton, the...

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Ocean Sound This Week No.32: Programme 32 of a weekly news and sports review (1987)

Ocean Sound This Week, No. 32 Programme 32 of a weekly news and sports review called Ocean Sound This Week, broadcast by independent radio station Ocean Sound on 31 May 1987. Presented by MATT HOPPER. TRACK...

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