Ray Buckton on private hospitals

Title

Ray Buckton on private hospitals

Genre

Interview

TX Date

5 Sep 1979

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:03:08

Description

ASLEF General Secretary Ray Buckton, speaking from the TUC conference, expresses his hope the trade union movement will not immediately withdraw financial support from Manor House Hospital. Such hospitals, he argues, should be understood as workers’ cooperatives and phased gradually into the NHS. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Ray Buckton

Keywords

Trade unions; TUC; Health services; ASLEF; Political conferences; Hospitals; Conferences; Finance; Private hospitals; Manor House Hospital; Aneurin Bevan

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