Dear Mr Pink

Synopsis

Story of an employee of Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, who put his elerly patients before his job. With eye-witness accounts of night shifts on the acute geriatric wards where he worked, Mr Pink tried to convince the hopistal management that patients’ lives were at risk through lack of staff. When his letters were published in the ‘Guardian’, he became a hero, but was dismissed from work shortly thereafter.

Series

40 Minutes, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.

Year of production

1992

Availability

Sale; 1996 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Notes

Broadcast on BBC2 in 1992.

Subjects

Business studies

Keywords

employment; hospitals; whistle-blowing

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning

Contact

Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)

Email

BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com

Address

Now part of BBC Learning

Notes

This company is no longer trading under this name and currently does not have a web presence. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’