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Welsh Office: Health and Social Work Department: Registered Files (HSP Series)

Catalogue reference: BD 113

What's it about?

BD 113

This series contains registered files (HSP Series) of the Welsh Office, Health and Social Work Department.

Full description and record details

Reference

BD 113

Title
Welsh Office: Health and Social Work Department: Registered Files (HSP Series)
Date

1975-1976

Description

This series contains registered files (HSP Series) of the Welsh Office, Health and Social Work Department.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English and Welsh

Creator(s)
  • Welsh Office, Health and Social Work Department, Health Service Professional Division, 1973-1985
  • Welsh Office, National Health Service Directorate in Wales, Health Management Systems and Personnel Division, 1985-1996
Physical description

1 file(s)

Access conditions

Open

Immediate source of acquisition

from 2012 Welsh Government

Accruals

Series is accruing

Selection and destruction information

Only records that illustrate the devolution of health functions to a proposed new Welsh Assembly have been preserved from this file series

Administrative / biographical background

The Health and Social Work Department was created on 1 April 1973 and was the successor to the Welsh Office, 'Social Work Service'. The Health Service Professional Division was also created in 1973 and was the successor body to Social Work Service, Health Professional Staff Division.

On 1 April 1985, the Health and Social Work Department, Health Service Professional Division was replaced by the National Health Service Directorate in Wales, Health Management Systems and Personnel Division. This latter body continued until 1 April 1996 when the Welsh Office Health Department, Health Services and Management Division was created.

The functions for all of the above bodies was to manage the personnel practice and systems of the Welsh National Health Service and industrial relations.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16379/

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Welsh Office: Health and Social Work Department: Registered Files (HSP Series)