Health secretary on NHS future

Title

Health secretary on NHS future

Genre

Interview

TX Date

31 Jan 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:13

Description

Peter Murphy interviews Health Secretary Kenneth Clarke on his white paper on reform of the NHS, he doesnt understand why the Labour Party’s Robin Cook jumped to the conclusion he is lining the NHS up for privatisation. Proposals include hospitals opting out into trusts, contracts for GPs and tax relief for private healthcare. He says the proposals will make for a better future service.

Contributors

Peter Murphy; Kenneth Clarke

Keywords

Budgets; Labour Party; Health services; NHS; Elderly; Hospitals; Privatization; Patients; Private health care; Hospital patients; Robin Cook; Private health insurance; General practitioners

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