The Secret Hospital - Discussion

Title

The Secret Hospital - Discussion

Genre

Interview; Discussion; Advertisement; Special; Jingle

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:23:13

Description

Recording of a discussion on ITV (recorded off Thames Television) following a 2-part Yorkshire Television documentary on 24/05/79 entitled The Secret Hospital which examined conditions at Rampton Secure Hospital in Nottinghamshire, with accusations of patient mistreatment, brutality and violence. Speaking are: Secretary of State for Health Patrick Jenkin; former Health Secretary David Ennals; Peter Thompson, former Broadmoor patient; Tony Smythe, director of MIND; Dr Tony Whitehead, psychiatrist; Noel Arden(?) and Graham Firth former Rampton patients; former Rampton employees Mike Hills and Ian Ahmed(?); George Lee, Secretary, National Association of Mentally Handicapped Children; Cyril Ambler, COHSE. Male host not identified (poss. Austin Mitchell?). Continuity announcer not identified (poss. David Hamilton?). Includes advertisements; jingles.

Contributors

David Ennals; Patrick Jenkin; Peter Thompson; Tony Smythe; Thames Television; ITV; Cyril Ambler; Tony Whitehead; Noel Arden(?); Mike Hills; Ian Ahmed(?); George Lee; Graham Firth

Keywords

Health; Health services; Psychiatric hospitals; Hospital staff; Rampton Secure Hospital; Television programmes; Television documentaries; Nottinghamshire; Psychiatric hospital patients; Violence against the person; The Secret Hospital; Patient care

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