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Department of Health: Interdepartmental Group on Community Care: Health Services...

Catalogue reference: JA 448

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JA 448

This series contains the files of the Griffiths and the Wagner Reports. It includes the Interdepartmental Group on Community Care; residential care and the transfer of resources from the National Health Service (NHS) to Personal Social Services;...

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JA 448

Title
Department of Health: Interdepartmental Group on Community Care: Health Services for Children in Care: Registered Files
Date

1978-2008

Description

This series contains the files of the Griffiths and the Wagner Reports. It includes the Interdepartmental Group on Community Care; residential care and the transfer of resources from the National Health Service (NHS) to Personal Social Services; The Cross Sector Policy Review Group (CSPRG) Sub-Group on Elderly People; health services for children in care and other related child issues, including child abuse

Arrangement

The series is arranged in file reference order (within each transfer)

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

CCX, CCK, EHP, ESK, HLE, LPB, ELM, IML, ACG, CGS, CIO, CNH, CRR, CYA, MOH, ERG, PLE, WHP, CHC, XBS, Z/CYP and LXA prefixes

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Creator(s)
  • Department of Health, 1988-1988
  • Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
Physical description

545 file(s)

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 2018 Department of Health

Subjects
Topics
Welfare
Children
National Health Service
Accruals

Series is accruing

Selection and destruction information

Copies of papers and correspondence relating to the issuing of grants to various projects and general discussions and correspondence on social care issues have not been selected

Administrative / biographical background

This series contains the files of the Griffiths Report: Community Care: Agenda for Action and the Wagner Report: Residential Care: A Positive Choice. The Grffiths Report was a Green Paper published by Sir Roy Griffiths following his investigations into community care and its links with health and social services. The Wagner Report was an in-depth review of residential care and an attempt to boost its profile and show its value as a vital part of community care

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15388901/

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