Polyoaks

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Nigel Planer

Simon Greenall

Polly Frame

David Westhead

Zalie Burrow

Kate McDaniel

Julian Dutton

Phil Hammond

David Spicer

Frank Stirling

Polyoaks: Series 4: Duty of Candour

Duty of Candour

Series 4

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Polyoaks, Series 4, Duty of Candour

The staff at Polyoaks struggle with the concept of telling the truth to patients.

Staff struggle with telling patients the truth, raised by Dr Jeremy as the ‘Duty of Candour’. Stars David Westhead. From 2016.

Jeremy raises the obligation doctors now have to tell the truth to patients and to apologise for their mistakes. 

All at Polyoaks set out to be rigorously truthful to service users, a particular problem with one patient who has a really unusual and embarrassing problem. 

Meanwhile Dr. Roy has problems with patients who insist on being rigorously truthful to him.

Nigel Planer and Simon Greenall star in the Health Service satire by Dr Phil Hammond and David Spicer.

 The Polyoaks surgery is plagued by strikes, endless new management initiatives, staff shortages, militant patients, eight day weeks, privatisation – and all these things are entirely their fault, apparently. 


Roy    ......    Nigel Planer
Hugh    ......    Simon Greenall
Monica    ......    Polly Frame
Jeremy    ......    David Westhead
Lauren    ......    Zalie Burrow
Mrs Shaw/ Mrs Cox    ......    Katie McDaniel
Mr Cox/ Mr Todd    ......    Julian Dutton

Director:  Frank Stirling

A Unique Production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2016.

Polyoaks: Series 4

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