Superbug outbreak

Title

Superbug outbreak

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech

TX Date

25 May 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:06:50

Description

David Kermode reports on the Group A Streptococcal superbug outbreak which has spread from Gloucestershire to other parts of the UK, killing people along the way. Includes interviews with Sally Howard, spokesperson for Queen Mary’s University Hospital, Roehampton; Justin Allen of the Royal College Council of General Practitioners; Commons speech by junior Health Minister Tom Sackville. Followed by interview with Labour shadow Health Minister Dawn Primarolo calling for a statement from Health Minister Virginia Bottomley to calm fears. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

David Kermode; Tom Sackville; Dawn Primarolo; Sally Howard; Justin Allen

Keywords

Deaths; NHS; Medical treatment; Gloucestershire; Virginia Bottomley; Dissemination of information; Streptococcal infections

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