Cardiac unit partial closure as exceeds budget

Title

Cardiac unit partial closure as exceeds budget

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

26 Feb 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:42

Description

Report on London-based Guy’s Hospital cardiac unit which has exceeded its NHS budget by £250,000 and will now close for four months at weekends for adult surgery. Includes interviews with health minister Kenneth Clarke and the heart unit’s Director, consultant Alan Yates. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Kenneth Clarke; Alan Yates

Keywords

Budgets; London; Heart surgery; Health services; NHS; Guy’s Hospital; Public hospitals; Health economics; Hospital finance

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