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1988 Jun 1 - 1988 Jun 29
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2339
National Health (Expenditure and efficiency in the National Health Service (NHS): NHS Review) (Part 13)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Jul 21
Classification: Secret
Page count: 368
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88 Jun 1 We Major NHS: Ken Clarke minute to Douglas Hurd (national lottery) [reluctant to leap into any announcement] [released July 2016]
88 Jun 1 We Major NHS: MT letter to Miriam Stoppard (NHS Review) ["I found your account fascinating"] [released July 2016]
88 Jun 1 We Major NHS: Lord Trafford letter to MT (Chequers meeting) [conscious that one million voters relate to the NHS on any working day] [released July 2016]
88 Jun 1 We Major NHS: John Moore note ("Contracting Out") [should do more to encourage people in work to take out health insurance] [released July 2016]
88 Jun 2 Th Major NHS: David Skidmore letter to MT ("Breast Cancer Treatment") [no possibility of standardised treatment] [released July 2016]
88 Jun 2 Th Major NHS: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Review of RAWP") [early acceptance of recommendations] [released July 2016]
88 Jun 3 Fr Major NHS: Cabinet Office briefing for MT ("National Health Service Meeting of Ministers 7 June 1988") [what should be done to encourage growth of private sector in health] [released July 2016]
88 Jun 3 Fr Major NHS: Nigel Lawson minute to MT ("NHS Review: Tax Relief") [encouraging private medical insurance through tax relief] [released July 2016]
88 Jun 3 Fr Major NHS: John Moore paper ("A Mixed Economy of Healthcare") [fiscal incentives to encourage growth of private sector] [released July 2016]
88 Jun 6 Mo Major Health: O'Sullivan minute for MT ("Reviewing the NHS Review") [risk of a "timid and inadequate" package of reforms] [declassified Jul 2016]
88 Jun 6 Mo Major NHS: No.10 record of meeting (MT-Moore) [no firm government response to RAWP review should be announced] [released July 2016]
88 Jun 7 Tu Major NHS: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Lawson-Moore-Major-Newton-Griffiths-Butler-O'Sullivan) [7th meeting of NHS review - tax relief and mixed economy of health care] [released July 2016]
88 Jun 9 Th Major NHS: Robin Butler minute to MT ("Review of the National Health Service: Press Articles") [articles contain information that could only have been obtained from sources with access to the review] [released July 2016]
88 Jun 10 Fr Minor NHS: Paul Gray minute to MT ("NHS Review Work Programme") [timetable for meetings] [released July 2016]
88 Jun 13 Mo Major NHS: Butler PS minute to Lawson PS ("Review of the National Health Service: Press Articles") [warn officials and special advisers of dangers of sustained conversations with journalists] [released July 2016]
88 Jun 14 Tu Minor NHS: Paul Gray minute to Rifkind PS ("NHS Review") [invitation to join ministerial group] [released July 2016]
88 Jun 14 Tu Major NHS: Nigel Wicks minute to Policy Unit ("Review of the National Health Service: Press Articles") [MT "horrified" to read articles "which could only have been prepared with the help of someone with inside knowledge"] [released July 2016]
88 Jun 15 We Major NHS: Michael Freeman letter to John O'Sullivan (NHS Review) [changing GPs] [released July 2016]
88 Jun 15 We Minor NHS: Nigel Wicks minute to Robin Butler ("Review of the National Health Service") [MT "horrified" to read articles "which could only have been prepared with the help of someone with inside knowledge"] [released July 2016]
88 Jun 16 Th Major NHS: Shropshire Community Health Council letter to MT (NHS Review) [closure of hospital unit] [released July 2016]