| Description | Tracks 1 - 15
Track 1 is a recording of an unspecified news /current affairs broadcast, where Dick Hackett of NUPE discusses possible industrial action and pay claim by public sector workers.
Tracks 2 - 15 concern an interview by Charles Parker of Doctor Julian Tudor Hart and trainee doctor John Robson. These are communist doctors and the discussion covers the industrialisation of medical care and attempts to introduce a genuinely patient focused health service.
Differing class attitudes to child birth are noted (Tracks 3 -4) and gender profiles in the nursing and medical professions are considered (Track 5). A critique of pastoral and industrial approaches to medicine is given (Track 9). An assessment of the NHS against other health systems is recorded (Tracks 10 - 11). The nature of professional hostility between different levels within the NHS is considered and NUPE's membership is criticised (Tracks 11 - 12). The role of drug companies in influencing drug prescribing patterns is noted and reference is made to a communist pamphlet 'Take the Pill' which considers the drugs industry (Tracks 13 -14).
Tracks 14 - 15 record John Robson giving a personal, employment history. He also discusses the background to the British United Provident Association (BUPA) and its current role within the health service. The earlier role of mining clubs in Ashington providing democratic control of medical care in the Durham coal field is considered.
Charles Parker is invited by Dr Tudor Hart to review a draft of his forthcoming book on health services (Track 12)
Total: 00:44:20 minutes
Dubber's reference number: PLA1of2 KF534B0214280 |