NHS and medical misshaps.

Date:
2002
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Description

Recent research suggests that 1 in 20 hospital patients is the victim of a medical mistake - this programme asks whether or not Government spending plans to improve NHS services are delivering what they promise? The programme looks in particular at how nurses and medical students have less education about medicines than they used to, thus drugs are frequently administered incorrectly. Can drug companies themselves help to prevent misshaps by having closer control of the wording on their packaging, and should Government controls be more effectively in place?

Publication/Creation

London : BBC Radio 4, 2002.

Physical description

1 sound cassette (40 min).

Notes

Broadcast on 12 February 2002

Creator/production credits

Produced by Jenny Chryss
Presented by Jolyon Jenkins. Also participating are: Prof. Nick Barber, Prof. Kent Woods, Prof. David Cousins, Dr. Robin Firmer [?], Simon Whittaker, Corina Mack [?], Dr. Jonathan Fieldham, Dr. Phillip Bickford-Smith.

Copyright note

BBC Radio

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