Series
Committee on Child Health Services: papers and correspondence
Catalogue reference: BN 33
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BN 33
This series consists of the circulated papers of the Committee on Child Health Service (which included minutes of its meetings), papers on special working parties, general correspondence, statistical information, evidence submitted, and comments...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BN 33
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Title (The name of the record)
- Committee on Child Health Services: papers and correspondence
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1973-1981
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists of the circulated papers of the Committee on Child Health Service (which included minutes of its meetings), papers on special working parties, general correspondence, statistical information, evidence submitted, and comments on the report. The report, titled Fit for the Future, was published in December 1976 (Cmnd. 6684).
Most of the files in this series were created within the system of the Department of Health and Social Security's file office series, by file office LA (MH 152). Missing copies of early circulated papers were retrieved from a file created by file office G, papers of the Child Psychiatry Working Party came from file office D. The central part of the former reference, C395, was a subject heading, standing for the Committee on Child Health Services.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The committee's report resulted in the creation of the short-lived Children's Committee, the records of which are in BS 14
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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)
- Committee on Child Health Services, 1973-1981
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 98 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Committee on Child Health Services was created in 1973 to review and make recommendations on the provision made for the health services of children up to and during school life; it was also required to study the use made of these services by children and parents. The committee consisted of a chairman, Emeritus Professor S D M Court CBE MD FRCP FCST, and twenty other members.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2966/
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Committee on Child Health Services: papers and correspondence