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Series
Department of Health: Standing Medical Advisory Committee: Minutes and Papers
Catalogue reference: JA 453
What's it about?
JA 453
This series contains files relating to the Standing Medical Advisory Committee (SMAC), including minutes and papers, the Working Party on Recombinant DNA and the Working Party on Atlanto-Axial Instability in Downs Syndrome
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- JA 453
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health: Standing Medical Advisory Committee: Minutes and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1979-2000
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files relating to the Standing Medical Advisory Committee (SMAC), including minutes and papers, the Working Party on Recombinant DNA and the Working Party on Atlanto-Axial Instability in Downs Syndrome
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Series arranged in file reference order (within transfer).
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Material in this series previously accessioned into MH 150
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- SMA file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department of Health, 1988-1988
- Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 85 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Fom 2016 Department of Health
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Disability
- Medicine
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Files relating to appointments, nominations and routine administration, have not been selected.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15013108/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: JA
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Department of Health: Standing Medical Advisory Committee: Minutes and Papers
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