Concerns over running of air ambulance service in London

Title

Concerns over running of air ambulance service in London

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

31 Jul 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:03:49

Description

Jeff Collins reports on concerns over the way the air ambulance service is being run in London after Rachel Curvessan(?) and Lady Margaret Elton died after delays with the service. Westminster’s coroners court inquest into their deaths is considering the issue. Comment from Dr John Thurston (runs St Mary’s Hospital A and E) on the decision to use the air ambulance in a busy, congested city; union representative for the London Ambulance Service Eric Roberts and consultant Howard Baderman, government advisor, on the Royal London Hospital’s vested interest in the service which they run.

Contributors

Jeff Collins; Eric Roberts; John Thurston; Howard Baderman

Keywords

Deaths; London; Emergency services; Ambulance services; Westminster; Inquests; Royal London Hospital; Rachel Curvassen(?); Margaret Elton

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