Gagging of NHS officials
- Title
- Gagging of NHS officials
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 16 Jan 1995
- Year of production
- 1995
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- Duration
- 00:05:06
- Description
- Regional Director for Public Health in the North West of England, Professor John Ashton talks to medical correspondent Dr Patrick Dixon about a new bill introduced in Parliament last week to reform the NHS which will turn senior officials into civil servants and therefore unable to speak to the press on controversial matters. Exclusive to London News Radio.
- Contributors
- Patrick Dixon; John Ashton; London News Radio
- Keywords
- Politics; Health services; NHS; Civil servants; Broadcasting; Hospital staff; Mass media; Health policy; Freedom of speech; Public services reform
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