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Department of Health and Social Security: Rural Dispensing Services: Registered Files...

Catalogue reference: BN 150

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BN 150

This series contains files relating to dispensing services in rural areas. It includes the implementation of the proposals of the Clothier report on rural dispensing and the establishment of the Rural Dispensing Committee.

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Reference

BN 150

Title
Department of Health and Social Security: Rural Dispensing Services: Registered Files RDA Series
Date

1979-1987

Description

This series contains files relating to dispensing services in rural areas. It includes the implementation of the proposals of the Clothier report on rural dispensing and the establishment of the Rural Dispensing Committee.

Related material

Records on rural dispensing, including the Clothier report and its implementation, can also be found in: MH 149 MH 153

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

RDA file series

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

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

12 file(s)

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Immediate source of acquisition

From 2016 Department of Health

Accruals

Series is accruing.

Selection and destruction information

Routine administrative files have not been selected

Administrative / biographical background

The National Joint Committee of the Medical and Pharmaceutical Professions on the Dispensing of NHS Prescriptions in Rural Areas, more commonly known as the Clothier Committee, was established in 1975, under the chairmanship of Mr C M Clothier QC, to find a solution to disputes between doctors and pharmacists over rural dispensing. The Clothier Report, published in 1977, proposed regulation of changes to rural dispensing arrangements and approval by a representative body. This subsequently led to the establishment of the Rural Dispensing Committee in 1983.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14536280/

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Department of Health and Social Security: Rural Dispensing Services: Registered Files RDA Series