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Series
Department of Health: General Ophthalmic Services: Ophthalmic Legislation: Registered...
Catalogue reference: JA 527
What's it about?
JA 527
This series contains files regarding General Ophthalmic Services (GOS), the introduction of the NHS Spectacle Voucher Scheme, Ophthalmic legislation and Hospital Eye Service, diabetic eye centres and diabetic retinopathy
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 527
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health: General Ophthalmic Services: Ophthalmic Legislation: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1982-2005
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files regarding General Ophthalmic Services (GOS), the introduction of the NHS Spectacle Voucher Scheme, Ophthalmic legislation and Hospital Eye Service, diabetic eye centres and diabetic retinopathy
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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)
- DO, GOR, HES, POM, PLY, SOG 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)
- 109 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 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
- Medicine
- 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 Private Office correspondence and routine administration have not been selected
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15996243/
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Department of Health: General Ophthalmic Services: Ophthalmic Legislation: Registered Files
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