Record revealed
Letter from a ‘destitute’ man to the Poor Law Commission
In this letter, Thomas Henshaw of Derbyshire complained of his treatment by local officials who denied him welfare despite his ‘most distressing’ situation.
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Department of Health: Health and Personal Social Services Strategy Committee: Registered...
Catalogue reference: JA 456
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JA 456
This series contains files regarding Policy Strategy Unit (PSU) studies of the prescription charging system, studies on community care, the respective roles of the general acute and geriatric sectors in care of the elderly hospital patient,...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- JA 456
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health: Health and Personal Social Services Strategy Committee: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1977-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files regarding Policy Strategy Unit (PSU) studies of the prescription charging system, studies on community care, the respective roles of the general acute and geriatric sectors in care of the elderly hospital patient, publication and follow-up action, the Health and Personal Social Services (HPSS) Strategy Committee, Cross Sector Policy Review Group, NHS Management Inquiry (Griffiths Inquiry) follow-up and the establishment of the NHS Management Board
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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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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- SPU, PLJ, PLM, PLZ 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)
- 210 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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From 2017 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
- Welfare
- National Health Service
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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 the preparation of reports and papers, and those containing administrative material, have not been selected.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Policy Strategy Unit (PSU) was established in 1981 to provide ministers and senior officials with a central overview of policy work and to carry out policy studies or reviews.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15013110/
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Department of Health: Health and Personal Social Services Strategy Committee: Registered Files
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