where the public set the agenda
The first of three programmes made with the people who work in the National Health Service. 1: the Consultant's Tale
Old people now occupy half the country's hospital beds. They are mostly dependent on the comprehensive,care of the NHS.
Dr Peter Fisher is the kind of hospital doctor who looks after them. He works at Banbury's Horton Hospital - the sort of local general hospital we all rely Oh. But Dr Fisher and some of his consultant colleagues feel that the NHS is now in real danger from Government cuts and privatisation. A week in his working life explains why we should np longer take him for granted...
Made in co-operation with the NHS Consultants Association
Director GAVIN DUTTON
Producer PETER LEE-WRIGHT
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