Greatest Nightmare, The
- Synopsis
- As the NHS and social services fight over who is responsible for funding health care for the elderly, many sick people who are unable to look after themselves are being discharged from hospital. The programme reveals how money has run out for providing nursing home places and how home help is also being withdrawn.
- Series
- Panorama, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 40 min.
- Year of production
- 1994
- Availability
- OUT OF DISTRIBUTION; 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive)
- Notes
- Broadcast on BBC1 on 7 November 1994.
- Documentation
- Transcript available separately.
- Subjects
- Social welfare
- Keywords
- health care; National Health Service; old people
Credits
- Producer
- Emily Smyth
- Contributor
- Glenwyn Benson
- Cast
Sarah Barclay
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Sponsor
- Name
BBC Worldwide
- Contact
- Gerry Crutchley (General Manager, Non-Theatric Sales)
- bbcstudies@bbc.co.uk
- Web
- www.bbcstudies.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 8433 1641
- Fax
- 020 8433 2916
- Address
- Room A3040, BBC Worldwide
Woodlands
201 Wood Lane
London
W12 0TT
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. 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’
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