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Series
Department of Health: Computerisation of the General Medical Services and Family...
Catalogue reference: JA 647
What's it about?
JA 647
This series contains files regarding the computerisation of the General Medical Services and Family Practitioner Services, Information Technology (IT) Micros for General Practitioners project management and the Project Evaluation Group
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 647
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health: Computerisation of the General Medical Services and Family Practitioner Services: Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1980-1998
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains files regarding the computerisation of the General Medical Services and Family Practitioner Services, Information Technology (IT) Micros for General Practitioners project management and the Project Evaluation Group
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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This file 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)
- PYA, SMB and BRM 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)
- 8 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 2019 Department of Health and Social Care
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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
- Computing
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- In use by File Office 160 at the Departmental Record Officer (DRO) census in February 1990. Closed by branch in August 2000.
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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)
- Record relating to technical information, finance papers and individual applications for joining the scheme have not been selected.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16828099/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
43,575 records
Within the department: JA
Records created or inherited by the Department of Health (1988-)
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Department of Health: Computerisation of the General Medical Services and Family Practitioner Services: Registered Files
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