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1986 Jun 2 - 1986 Sep 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/1854
National Health (Expenditure and efficiency in the National Health Service (NHS): NHS Management Board) (Part 6)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Feb 19
Classification: Secret
Page count: 253

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Date Value Title
86 Jun 2 Mo Major National Health: No.10 minute to MT ("Roy Griffiths") [NHS oversight appointment: remit & scope of powers] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jun 2 Mo Major National Health: No.10 Private Office minute to No.10 Policy Unit ("NHS Spending") [request for analysis of NHS costs & expenditure since 1979] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jun 3 Tu Major National Health: DHSS letter to No.10 (Chairmanship of NHS Management Board) [draft press release for resignation of Victor Paige, including open letter of resignation & Fowler reply; Paige expresses regrets but emphasises commitment to concept of general management] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jun 4 We Major National Health: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Victor Paige's Successor") [recommends meeting with Roy Griffiths & Fowler to address key concerns; stresses urgent need to appoint successor; press article on "sloppiness and bad standards"] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jun 6 Fr Major National Health: Fowler PS letter to No.10 ("Health Service Management") [review of circumstances surrounding first resignation of an NHS General Manager; "A useful note": Nigel Wicks] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jun 12 Th Major National Health: Cabinet Office minute to No.10 ("National Health Service Management Board") ["reports... that Mr Fowler has been talking about the possiblity of turning the NHS into a public corporation"; if true, MT accepts advice to meet with Fowler urgently] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jun 18 We Major National Health: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Renewal of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme") [new deal re-setting target levels of profits; cost-effective prescribing of drugs by GPs] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jun 25 We Major National Health: DHSS letter to No.10 (Chairmanship of the NHS Management Board and public service pay) [transcript of Barney Hayhoe's appearance before Social Services Committee; discussion of Victor Paige's resignation & his successor] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jul 3 Th Major National Health: Nigel Wicks minute to Ingham ("NHS - Daily Mirror") [advice on Government response to newspaper's "campaign concerning the allegedly heart rending effects of NHS cuts"] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jul 3 Th Major National Health: N0.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("NHS Management") [candidates to succeed Victor Paige] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jul 3 Th Major National Health: Rifkind letter to Fowler (public consultation meetings on primary healthcare services) [Edinburgh meeting; publicity leaflet; Scottish Office representation at July meetings in London] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jul 4 Fr Major National Health: No.10 minute to MT ("National Health Service Management Board") [candidates to succeed Victor Paige as Chairman & proposed changes to remit] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jul 7 Mo Major National Health: No.10 record of conversation (1610-1640Z) (MT, Fowler) ["The National Health Service Management Board"] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jul 9 We Major National Health: No.10 Policy Unit minute to Nigel Wicks ("Brochure from Trent Regional Authority") [leaflet summarising Government's 'Primary Health Care' proposals for public consultation; "the brochure which impressed... [MT] so much at this morning's meeting"] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jul 15 Tu Major National Health: Fowler minute to MT ("Waiting Lists") [draft PQ announcing initiative to reduce waiting times] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jul 17 Th Major National Health: No.10 Policy Unit minute to MT ("Waiting Lists") ["At last!... proposals... This is an outrageous example of Norman Fowler keeping you on his waiting list. It is not as if he has come up with anything bold or novel"; further suggestions] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jul 22 Tu Major National Health: Fowler minute to MT ("The National Health Service Management Board (NHSMB)") ["changes which might be made to... assist us in dealing with the succession to Victor Paige"] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jul 25 Fr Major National Health: No.10 Policy Unit briefing for MT ("NHS Management") [alternatives to Fowler proposals] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jul 29 Tu Major National Health: No.10 Policy Unit record of conversation (MT, Fowler) ["The National Health Service Management Board"] [released Feb 2016]
86 Jul 30 We Major National Health: Fowler MP letter to Meacher MP (Labour Party's social services cost proposals) [open letter criticising the proposals as unworkable, and highlighting Labour internal disagreements] [released Feb 2016]