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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