NHS trained staff shortage

Title

NHS trained staff shortage

Genre

Interview

TX Date

25 Nov 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:01

Description

The Countess of Mar comments on the case of a baby which died after being redirected from Birmingham Children’s Hospital to Liverpool due to a shortage of trained nurses; and baby David Barber who has been refused heart surgery five times. She criticises the government lack of funds for training of nurses in intensive care and says it is difficult to resolve the problem in the short-term. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Margaret Lane

Keywords

Deaths; Surgery; Heart surgery; Health services; Liverpool; NHS; Nurses; Finance; Babies; Birmingham Children’s Hospital; David Barber

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