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Inquiry launched after Beverley Allitt case

Title
Inquiry launched after Beverley Allitt case
Genre
News report; Interview; Speech
TX Date
18 May 1993
Year of production
1993
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Duration
00:03:33
Description
Report on an independent (but not public) inquiry launched following her conviction into how nurse Beverley Allitt was able to murder and injure children in her care and her psychiatric disorder going undetected. Speakers are Hazel Elstone, mother of victim Patrick Elstone; Grantham and Kesteven Hospital spokesman Alistair Stewart; Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley; shadow Health Secretary David Blunkett. Kevin Murphy reports. Sound is in mono.
Contributors
David Blunkett; Virginia Bottomley; Kevin Murphy; Hazel Elstone; Alistair Stewart
Keywords
Crime; Health services; Nurses; Homicide; Children (age group); Children (family); Murder trials; Medical treatment; Trials; Psychiatric disorders; Lincolnshire; Beverley Allitt; Grantham and Kesteven Hospital; Self injury; Patrick Elstone

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