DHSS investigate Botley Park Hospital

Title

DHSS investigate Botley Park Hospital

Genre

News report

TX Date

12 Feb 1983

Year of production

1983

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Duration

00:02:28

Description

Report on the launch of a Department of Health and Social Security investigation into Botley Park Hospital for the mentally disabled and associated Murray House Hostel in Chertsey, Surrey, after extracts from an unpublished critical report were sent by parents of a patient to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and also repeated in the House of Commons by former Labour Minister for the Disabled, Alf Morris. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Reports; Government; Hospitals; Health authorities; Surrey; Department of Health and Social Security; Mentally disabled; Chertsey; Botley Park Hospital; Murray House Hostel; Alf Morris

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