Parliamentary reaction to London Ambulance computer crash

Title

Parliamentary reaction to London Ambulance computer crash

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

26 Feb 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:03:15

Description

Political correspondent Kevin Murphy reports on parliamentary reaction to the inquiry report into the breakdown of London Ambulance Services’ emergency aided despatch computer system. Includes Commons speeches by Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley criticising the errors highlighted in the report and stating managerial steps are in place to improve the service; and by shadow Health Secretary David Blunkett calling for government accountability and the resignation of Junior Health Minister Tom Sackville.

Contributors

David Blunkett; Virginia Bottomley; Kevin Murphy

Keywords

London; Reports; Ambulance services; Public administration; Resignation (political); London Ambulance Service; Computer systems; Tom Sackville

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