| Description | Tracks 1 - 20
Tracks 1 - 15 continue Parker's interview with Penelope Muller. Tracks 16 & 20 record an unidentified man, whilst Tracks 17 - 19 are of a broadcast by the actress Joyce Grenfell.
Issues considered by Penelope Muller include funding arrangements within the Health Service and the Government's programme to channel money for the construction industry through the NHS (Tracks 1 - 2). Volatile budget allocations and spending patterns are discussed and the function and composition of healthcare planning teams are examined (Tracks 2 - 4).
Tracks 9 - 11 record a discussion of proposals for insurance based health provision. The NHS is compared with and contrasted to a number of foreign health services (Tracks 12 - 13). Bureaucracy, administration and management within the NHS are considered (Tracks 13 15).
Specific issues examined include health centres, and resistance to them in Birmingham Reference is made to the privately organised health centre in Harborne (which remains within the NHS (Tracks 8 - 9). The role of dentists within the NHS is noted (Track 9). Reference is made to the forced closure of Hounslow Hospital (Track 9). Waiting lists are considered (Track 10).
Tracks 16 and 20 are of an unidentified man commenting on showing plays and films to local audiences in north East England. Reference is made to a film by Philip Trevelyan called 'Ship Time Main' (set in a pub in Gateshead) and 'The Filleting Machine' a play by Tom Hadaway which is set in North Shields.
Joyce Grenfell is recorded in an unidentified broadcast in which she comments on aspects of her career. Reference is made to the sketches 'Nursery School Teacher ' and 'Shirley's Girlfriend' (Track 17), and to 'Joyce Grenfell Presents' (Track 18). Walter De La Mer is referred to in Tracks 18 -19.
Total: 1 hour 00:12 minutes
Dubber's reference number: PLA2of2 KF573E0719680 |