Hospitals opting out of the NHS
- Title
- Hospitals opting out of the NHS
- Genre
- News report; Parliamentary debate
- TX Date
- 4 Dec 1990
- Year of production
- 1990
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- Duration
- 00:02:30
- Description
- Des Fahy reports from Westminster on the Commons debate over allowing 56 hospitals to opt out of the NHS to be run by trusts. Includes speeches by Health Secretary William Waldegrave; shadow Health Secretary Robin Cook accusing him of breaking up the NHS and Waldegrave replying.
- Contributors
- Robin Cook; William Waldegrave; Des Fahy
- Keywords
- Health services; NHS; Privatization; Public hospitals; Health policy; Hospital administration
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