Government aims to cut NHS waiting times

Title

Government aims to cut NHS waiting times

Genre

Interview

TX Date

20 Jan 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:59

Description

52,000 people have been waiting for more than a year for hospital treatment, and the Government is to spend an extra 6 million pounds to reduce waiting lists. Senior managers of the 22 districts with the longest queues will be at a seminar today, and Health Minister David Mellor says teams of troubleshooters will be sent to each of the worst offenders to bring the waiting list down inside a year. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

David Mellor

Keywords

Government; Health services; NHS; Secondary health care

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