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Royal Commission on the National Health Service (Merrison Commission): Records
Catalogue reference: BS 6
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BS 6
Written and oral evidence from various organisations and members of the public, circulated papers, correspondence, minutes, drafts and the final version of the Report of the Royal Commission on the National Health Service (Cmnd. 7615).There is an...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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BS 6
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Title (The name of the record)
- Royal Commission on the National Health Service (Merrison Commission): Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1976-1979
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Description (What the record is about)
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Written and oral evidence from various organisations and members of the public, circulated papers, correspondence, minutes, drafts and the final version of the Report of the Royal Commission on the National Health Service (Cmnd. 7615).
There is an alphabetical index of files of evidence (E series) and a subject index of evidence papers circulated to the Commission (RC/E series) in the series.
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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)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Royal Commission on the National Health Service, 1976-1979
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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3638 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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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
- National Health Service
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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 Royal Commission on the National Health Service was appointed in May, 1976 under the chairmanship of Sir Alec Merrison.
The terms of reference of the commission were 'to consider in the interests both of the patients and of those who work in the National Health Service the best use and management of the financial and manpower resources of the National Health Service.'
The terms of reference cover the NHS in England, Scotland and Wales as well as the parallel services in Northern Ireland.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- The report of the Royal Commission (Cmnd. 7615) was presented and published in July 1979.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3022/
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