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1989 May 2 - 1989 Jun 26
Prime Ministerial Private Office files

PREM19/2777
National Health (Expenditure and efficiency in the National Health Service (NHS): community care) (Part 21)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Secret
Page count: 290
Themes: Health policy, NHS reforms 1987-90, Private health care, Social security & welfare, Public spending & borrowing

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Date Value Title
89 May 4 Th Major NHS: Clarke PS minute to Andrew Turnbull (examples of waste) [to show the need for change] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 4 Th Major NHS: Department of Health record of conversation (Clarke-Mellor-Wilson) [new contract for GPs] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 11 Th Minor NHS: Andrew Turnbull minute to MT ("Wasteful and Restrictive Practices") [examples would be anonymised for use in the House] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 11 Th Minor NHS: Clarke PS minute to Andrew Turnbull ("Wasteful and Restrictive Practices") [risk of quoting examples for anonymity] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 12 Fr Major NHS: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Community Care") [role of local authorities, social security benefits, local authority homes] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 12 Fr Major NHS: Cabinet Office minute to MT ("Community Care") [decisions on care and responsibility for budgets] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 12 Fr Minor NHS: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Community Care: Meeting on 18 May") [arrangements] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 15 Mo Major NHS: Ken Clarke minute to John Major ("Proposed Newspaper Advertisements to Explain the New GP Contract") [what the contract will mean for patient services] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 15 Mo Minor NHS: Lawson PS minute to Clarke PS ("NHS Review: Wasteful and Restrictive Practices") [how the government will tackle the problem] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 15 Mo Major NHS: Royal College of Nursing letter to Ken Clarke (NHS Policy Board) [chasm between commerce and caring in the NHS] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 15 Mo Major NHS: Royal College of Nursing letter to MT (NHS Policy Board) [concern at exclusion of Chief Nursing Officer] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 16 Tu Major NHS: Bernard Ingham minute to Paul Gray ("Proposed Newspaper Advertisement to Explain GP Contract") [uneasy at the proposal to spend £150,000 on adverts] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 16 Tu Major NHS: Ian Whitehead minute to Paul Gray ("Proposed Newspaper Advertisement - GP Contracts") [crucial that GPs agree to the contract on 21 June] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 17 We Major NHS: Ian Whitehead minute to MT ("Community Care Trusts") [how to achieve local authority control and efficient service on the ground] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 17 We Major NHS: Ian Whitehead minute to MT ("Community Care. A critique of the papers") ["ministerial views are mixed"] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 17 We Minor NHS: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Community Care: Meeting on 18 May") [papers for discussion] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 17 We Major NHS: Cabinet Office minute to Treasury ("Proposed Newspaper Advertisements to Explain the New GP Contract") [not wise for the government to engage in a publicity campaign] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 18 Th Major NHS: Paul Gray minute to MT ("Proposed Newspaper Advertisements to Explain the New GP Contract") [Clarke not persuaded by arguments against adverts] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 18 Th Major NHS: No.10 record of conversation (MT-Walker-Ridley-Rifkind-Clarke-Major-Roy Griffiths-Butler-Wilson-Monger-Wells-Whitehead) [policy on community care] [released Dec 2016]
89 May 19 Fr Major NHS: Paul Gray minute to Clarke PS ("Proposed Newspaper Advertisements to Explain the New GP Contract") [advert would fall outside the conventions for government-funded publicity] [released Dec 2016]