Kenneth Clarke on drug budgets

Title

Kenneth Clarke on drug budgets

Genre

Interview

TX Date

28 Sep 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:11

Description

Interview with Health Secretary, Kenneth Clarke, about reaching agreement with the British Medical Association (BMA) on one of the key proposals in the controversial White Paper on the NHS. After 4 hours of talks the BMA said it accept drug budgets for GPs following assurances the budgets would not limit expenditure on medicines for patients. Female interviewer not identified (poss. Elena Curti).

Contributors

Kenneth Clarke; Elena Curti?

Keywords

Budgets; Parliamentary bills; Health services; NHS; BMA; Drugs; Doctors; General practitioners; Prescribed drugs

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