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Reference
(The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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JA 7
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Title
(The name of the record)
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Committee of Inquiry into Complaints about Ashworth Hospital (Blom-Cooper Inquiry): Records
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Date
(When the record was created)
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1979-2001
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Description
(What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Committee of Inquiry into Complaints about Ashworth Hospital. Comprises transcripts of hearings, a copy of the complaints register, submissions to the inquiry, photographs of the hospital, and the final draft of the report.
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Held by
(Who holds the record)
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The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference
(Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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ASW, and AGV file series
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Legal status
(A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language
(The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s)
(The creator of the record)
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- Committee of Inquiry into Complaints about Ashworth Hospital, 1991-1992
- 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)
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139 file(s)
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Access conditions
(Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition
(When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2003 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
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Hospitals
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Custodial history
(Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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Transferred to the Department of Health in 1992
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Accumulation dates
(The dates the record was accumulated)
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File series ran from 1991 to 1992
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Accruals
(Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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No future accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information
(Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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These records come under sections 2.2.1.4 (administration of justice and maintenance of security) and, more particularly, 2.2.1.5 (formulation and delivery of social policies) of the PRO's Acquisition Policy. Duplicate material and copies of media coverage (including a videotape recording of a Twenty Twenty programme for Channel 4 television) have not been selected. Earlier drafts of the report, which show no evident substantive changes from the final report 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 Committee of Inquiry into Complaints about Ashworth Hospital was set up in April 1991 under the chairmanship of Louis Blom-Cooper QC to investigate complaints, which had arisen following the death of a patient at Ashworth Special Hospital in 1988. The committee consisted of a chairman and three other members.
It was to inquire into allegations of ill-treatment and improper care of patients in four specific cases; the structure and management of the complaints system, and the progress of ten particular cases through the system; and the involvement of various authorities in the operation of the complaints system, including the police and the hospital advisory committee. The inquiry presented its report to the secretary of state for health in July 1992.
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Record URL
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15638/