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1984 Mar 10 - 1984 Aug 24
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1318
National health (Expenditure and efficiency in the National Health Service (NHS); NHS Management Inquiry Report (Griffiths Report); priorities and policies for health and personal social services) (Part 3)

Document type: File list item
Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2014 Jan 3
Classification: Secret
Page count: 237
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84 Mar 10 Sat National Health: Fowler letter to Rees ("Social Services Inspectorate (SSI)") ["I hope that in the light of this fuller explanation of the background to my proposals... the difficulties you foresaw need not arise"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Mar 12 Mon National Health: Fowler minute to MT ("Liverpool Health Strategy") ["I think we should go ahead as soon as possible"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Mar 17 Sat National Health: Fowler letter to Whitelaw ("Closure of Thornton View Hospital, Bradford") [closure plans & opposition] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Mar 21 Wed National Health: Fowler letter to Whitelaw ("Home and Social Affairs Committee: Family Practitioner Services") ["how we might move ahead in strengthening financial control"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Mar 23 Fri National Health: No.10 minute to Fowler PS ("Social Policy Reviews") [announcement] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Apr 5 Thu National Health: David Barclay minute to MT ("H Committee") [fluoridation; NHS recruitement advertising; parental influence over schools; education support grants] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Apr 16 Mon National Health: Professor Donald Longmore letter to Sir Hector Laing (invitation to the Prime Minister to open the National Heart & Chest Hospital's CORDA NMR Unit) ["your putting the case personally to... [MT] is the best way of explaining the importance of this prestigious project"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Apr 26 Thu National Health: Rees letter to Fowler ("Social Services Inspectorate (SSI)") [disagreement over most effective way to achieve value for money] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 3 Thu National Health: Fowler minute to MT ("Abuse of the NHS") [police investigation of consultants; measures to address anticipated criticism of govt policy in relation to private care] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 May 19 Sat National Health: Fowler minute to MT ("Personnel Director of NHS Management Board") [job specification & request for approval to proceed with advertising of post] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 1 Fri National Health: Fowler PS letter to No.10 (implementation of the Griffiths Report on NHS Management) [Fowler announcement to Parliament; MT critical of circular & timing of its issue] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 4 Mon National Health: Nicholas Edwards minute to MT ("Implementation of the NHS Management Inquiry in Wales") [announcement; appointment of Director of NHS in Wales] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 5 Tue National Health: Chancellor of the Exchequer minute to MT ("Personnel Director of the NHS Management Board") [job description] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 6 Wed National Health: Tim Flesher minute to MT ("Health Service Spending") [recent book publication by former Special Advisor to Labour Government, claiming Government spending on NHS has increased] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 7 Thu National Health: No.10 minute to Department of Health & Social Security (implementation of the Griffiths Report & Family Practitioner Services) [note of thanks for documents outlining implementation and for material on GPs' income] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 8 Fri National Health: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("The National Health Service: Family Practitioners") ["expensive and inefficient... the private sector provides a model of how to improve"; reducing NHS drugs bill; Green Paper] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 8 Fri National Health: Fowler minute to MT ("Personnel Director of NHS Management Board") ["What matters is that we are able to pay the salary needed to get the right man for the job"] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 8 Fri National Health: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("Grade 2 Appointments, Department of Health and Social Security") [candidates for Deputy Secretary posts] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 11 Mon National Health: No.10 letter to Fowler PS ("The NHS - implementation of Griffiths") [outline of MT's key concerns] [declassified Jan 2014]
84 Jun 19 Tue National Health: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("Meeting with Roy Griffiths") [NHS reorganisation: "a good opportunity to find out what is going wrong"] [declassified Jan 2014]