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.
Series
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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- JA 448
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health: Interdepartmental Group on Community Care: Health Services for Children in Care: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1978-2008
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Description (What the record is about)
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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
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The series is arranged in file reference order (within each 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)
- 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
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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)
- 545 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 2018 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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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)
- 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
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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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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
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15388901/
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Department of Health: Interdepartmental Group on Community Care: Health Services for Children in Care: Registered Files
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