Guy’s Hospital campaign suffers setback

Title

Guy’s Hospital campaign suffers setback

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

19 Oct 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:05:18

Description

Legal affairs correspondent Tim Crook reports on the future of Guy’s Hospital in London. Campaigners trying to save the hospital in Southwark suffered a setback after a High Court ruling the courts should not intervene in the affair which began when former Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley recommended emergency services be moved to St Thomas’s Hospital. Includes interviews with Simon Hughes MP; Professor Stephen Challacombe, consultant; female social worker (not identified); male patient (not identified); Martin Roberts, chief executive of Southwark District Health Authority.

Contributors

Simon Hughes; Tim Crook; Martin Roberts; Stephen Challacombe

Keywords

London; Health services; Political protests; Hospitals; Guy’s Hospital; Public hospitals; Southwark; Legal decisions; High courts

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