Controversy over planned NHS reforms

Title

Controversy over planned NHS reforms

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

21 Nov 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:29

Description

Margaret Shiels reports on Government plans to reform the National Health Service via the introduction of an internal market, which are expected to meet some of the strongest opposition facing any bill in this session of Parliament. The British Medical Association claims that the Government’s proposals will fragment the NHS beyond all recognition and warns that it is the patients who will suffer. Meanwhile, far-reaching legal reforms planned for the legal system are also being met with severe criticism. Includes interview with Dr John Marks, BMA; Walter Merricks, Law Society.

Contributors

John Marks; Margaret Shiels; Walter Merricks

Keywords

Government; Parliamentary bills; Law; Conservative Party; NHS; BMA; Legal profession; Heath services; Law Society; Parliamentary legislation; Market economy

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