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Porton Down tests (1987)

Genre

Interview

Interview with male speaker (not identified) on fears for servicemen who have taken part in nerve gas tests at the Government’s Porton Down research establishment in Wiltshire. Follows disclosures in the...

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Gemma Knight’s liver transplant (1984)

See also AV769/330/S1, AV769/361/S1 and AV769/370/S1. An interview by telephone with the father of the little girl Gemma Knight that is undergoing medical tests. [Box 2]

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Porton Down nerve gas tests (1987)

Genre

Interview

Interview with male scientist (not identified) on unknown dangers for servicemen taking part in nerve gas tests at the Government’s Porton Down research establishment in Wiltshire. Follows disclosures in...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Peter Lilley on Social Security tests (1993)

Genre

Interview

Nicholas Owen interviews Social Security Secretary, Peter Lilley about the review of invalidity benefit to include tough new medical tests for claimants.

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Smear tests re-checked (1996)

Genre

Interview

Thousands of women are having their cervical smear tests re-checked at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital, after mistakes were uncovered during a routine investigation into a laboratory’s screening record....

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Duchess of York criticised for HIV tests (1994)

Genre

Interview

Interview with society columnist Una-Mary Parker on criticism of Sarah, Duchess of York over her frank admission that she has had two HIV tests. AIDS charities are welcoming her openness because they say it...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Michael Smith on male birth control pill (1978)

Genre

Interview

Dr Michael Smith on the male birth control pill tests taking place at King’s College, London. The latest pill aims to reduce the side effects previously linked with this form of contraception, which have...

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Child gender test devised (1980)

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop

Report on the invention of a new simple saliva test, devised by a Swiss company, All Marketing Ltd, which will enable parents to determine the gender of their child in advance of its birth and on the ethical...

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John McCarthy begins rehabilitation after lengthy imprisonment (1991)

Genre

Interview

An RAF Lyneham spokesman on freed hostage John McCarthy’s stay at the base and the medical tests and counselling he will undergo. His family will also receive counselling. Says John has spoken to fellow...

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Cancer scandal in Birmingham hospital (1993)

Genre

Interview

Paul Rowley interviews Dr Kenneth Calman, Chief Medical Officer for the Department of Health, about the cancer scandal of wrongful diagnoses in Birmingham’s Royal Orthopaedic Hospital with 42 people either...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio