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Catalogue description Royal Commission on the National Health Service (Merrison Commission): Records
| Reference: | BS 6 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Royal Commission on the National Health Service (Merrison Commission): Records |
| Description: |
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. |
| Date: | 1976-1979 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Royal Commission on the National Health Service, 1976-1979 |
| Physical description: | 3638 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Publication note: |
The report of the Royal Commission (Cmnd. 7615) was presented and published in July 1979. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
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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