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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