Patients charter for mentally ill

Title

Patients charter for mentally ill

Genre

Interview

TX Date

28 Dec 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:03:01

Description

Malcolm Brown interviews Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell about the Government announcement of a special patients charter for the mentally ill. The proposal comes in response to public concern over the Care in the Community policy and follows the murder of Jonathan Zito by schizophrenic, Christopher Clunis in London in 1992, along with other tragedies related to mental health. Telephone interview.

Contributors

Stephen Dorrell; Malcolm Brown

Keywords

Health services; NHS; Psychiatric hospitals; Homicide; Mental health; Mental health services; Charters; Psychiatric disorders; Jonathan Zito

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