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National Health Service Bill 1948: preliminary correspondence
Catalogue reference: MH 80/49
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This record is about the National Health Service Bill 1948: preliminary correspondence dating from 1947 Jan. -Oct. in the series Department of Health and Social Security and predecessors: Bill Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MH 80/49
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1947 Jan. -Oct.
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Description (What the record is about)
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National Health Service Bill 1948: preliminary correspondence
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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)
- Part 3
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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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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- National Health Service
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1892939/
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Department of Health and Social Security and predecessors: Bill Papers
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