Dispatches: Buying Time

Record ID: 116975
  • Title: Dispatches: Buying Time
  • Date: 13th March 1997
  • Summary: An investigation into how some patients are having to pay for treatments that are free in other health regions,and how health treatment,as a consequence,can be determined by the bank balance and address of the patient. Can doctors afford to tell patients about a new drug if patients cannot afford to pay for it? Contributors include; Dr Elizabeth Whipp,Consultant Oncologist,Bristol Royal Infirmary; Pamela Charlwood,Chief Executive,Avon Health Authority; Professor Karol Sikora,Imperial Cancer Research Fund; Professor Chris Ham,Birmingham University; Dr Max Kammerling,Somerset Health Authority; Hugh Ross,Chief Executive,United Bristol Healthcare Trust; Marcus Galea,Surgical Ontologist,Swindon Cancer Unit; Dr Malcolm Campbell,Consultant Neurologist; Dr Nick Payne,Sheffield Health Authority; Professor Alistari Burns,Withington Hospital; Harry Cayton,Alzheimers Disease Association.
  • Description:A commission for a series of one-off current affairs commissions and purchases.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Documentary and Factual
  • Producer:Unspecified
  • Programme Episode:Episode 1
  • Transmission Date:13/03/1997
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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