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Panorama
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S1988E24: Can We Afford the Doctor?

Panorama · Season 1988
Aired 04 Jul 1988 at 7:30pm (UTC)

Synopsis

The death of hole-in-the-heart baby, Matthew Collier , has provoked the most fundamental review of the National Health Service for 40 years. The decisions are ready to be taken and an expansion of private medicine with tax breaks for private patients is on the agenda. Jane Corbin examines how those changes may affect everyone in Britain. The NHS is 40 years old this week. Will there continue to be free medicine for all?

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