Commons debates NHS finance and nurses dispute

Title

Commons debates NHS finance and nurses dispute

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

22 Jan 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:04:19

Description

Peter Spencer reports on the day’s debate in the Commons on the nurses dispute over pay and need for more money for the NHS. Includes Commons speeches by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher lambasting nurses and saying there is no crisis in the NHS; and from David Winnick on the Liberal Party.

Contributors

Margaret Thatcher; Peter Spencer; David Winnick

Keywords

Strikes; Labour disputes; Wages; Health services; Liberal Party; Public finance; NHS; Nurses; Patients; RCN

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