Birmingham cervical cancer blunder

Title

Birmingham cervical cancer blunder

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

8 Sep 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:01:23

Description

Rachel Salaman reports on how more than 1000 women are having to be retested for cervical cancer in Birmingham after a nursing blunder of using the wrong apparatus. With comment from Nursing Advisor to Birmingham Family Health Services Monica Tettersell and its head Alan Tallbitt. For Drivetime show.

Contributors

Rachel Salaman; Monica Tettersell; Alan Tallbitt

Keywords

Health services; Birmingham; Cancer; Cervical cancer; Drivetime (radio programme); Health services administration; Diagnostic tests; Birmingham Family Health Services

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