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Series
Department of Health and Social Security: Circular Letters and Instructions
Catalogue reference: BN 1
What's it about?
BN 1
An incomplete set of circulars issued by the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS). The circulars were issued by the DHSS to the various bodies incorporated in the National Health Service (NHS), such as Boards of Governors (Provincial...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BN 1
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health and Social Security: Circular Letters and Instructions
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1970-1987
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Description (What the record is about)
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An incomplete set of circulars issued by the Department of Health and Social Security (DHSS).
The circulars were issued by the DHSS to the various bodies incorporated in the National Health Service (NHS), such as Boards of Governors (Provincial and Teaching Hospitals), Regional Hospital Boards, Hospital Management Committees, Chief Medical Officers, Principal Regional Officers, Local Authorities, Local Health Authorities, the DHSS Hospitals Division, and the DHSS Supplies Division.
The circulars cover a wide variety of subjects, most of them concerned with the NHS, ranging from the building of hospitals to the day-to-day administration of them. The series includes a set of circulars relating to the reorganisation of the NHS, which was effective from 1 April 1974.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Earlier health circulars are in: MH 119
Later Chief Medical Officer's letters are in: BN 73
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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)
- Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 130 files and papers
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1977 Department of Health and Social Security
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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
- Hospitals
- National Health Service
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2935/
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Department of Health and Social Security: Circular Letters and Instructions
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