Picture of Health, A 2

Synopsis

Investigates the effect of the increase in private medicine on the National Health Service. Many people resort to private care, made easier by health insurance schemes. Notes that leading health insurance providers in the USA are very profitable and asks if the same thing is happing in the UK, and what the effet is.

Series

World in Action, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film; Video; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 26 min. Videocassette. VHS. col. 26 min.

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of production

1981

Availability

Hire
Sale

Subjects

Social welfare

Keywords

health services; United States of America

Credits

Producer

Stephen Segaller

Contributor

George Turner; Margaret Leighton; Philip Taylor; Rory Fitzwalter

Cast

Chris Kelly

Distribution Formats

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Sections

Title

Easing the pain

Title

Why me? Why now?

Title

Living with Tourette’s

Title

Who calls the shots?

Production Company

Name

Granada Television

Web

http://www.granadamedia.com External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7734 8080

Fax

020 7494 6280

Address

Non-Theatric Sales
36 Golden Square
London
W1R 4AH

Distributor

Name

Concord Media

Email

sales@concordmedia.org.uk

Web

http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

01473 726 012

Address

Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG

Notes

A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.