Stephen Dorrell on the Healthcare 2000 report

Title

Stephen Dorrell on the Healthcare 2000 report

Genre

Interview

TX Date

20 Sep 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:03:23

Description

Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell on the report by independent group Healthcare 2000 under chairman Sir Duncan Nichol into funding of the NHS in the next century. Dorrell welcomes the report for bringing the issues into the open but states the government is committed to providing access to healthcare on the basis of need rather than the ability to pay, and is ensuring decisions over priorities are taken by individual health authorities and clinicians. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Stephen Dorrell

Keywords

Budgets; Reports; Health services; NHS; Health authorities; Finance; Healthcare 2000; Duncan Nichol

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