Patients refused treatment because of age

Title

Patients refused treatment because of age

Genre

News report; Parliamentary debate

TX Date

15 Apr 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:34

Description

Des Fahy reports on a Commons debate after Prime Minister John Major accuses Labour Party deputy leader Margaret Beckett of lying about reports of patients being refused hospital treatment because of their age. Speaker Betty Boothroyd orders Major to withdraw the remark but he merely rephrases the comment. Labour MP Dennis Skinner asks if he can be retrospectively forgiven for previous occasions when he has done the same.

Contributors

Dennis Skinner; Betty Boothroyd; John Major; Des Fahy; Margaret Beckett

Keywords

Health services; Parliament; NHS; Elderly; Hospitals; Public hospitals; Medical treatment; Parliamentary process; Hospital patients

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