Catalogue description Welsh Office: Health and Social Work Department: Health Planning and Building (HPB) file prefix: Registered Files

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Reference: BD 132
Title: Welsh Office: Health and Social Work Department: Health Planning and Building (HPB) file prefix: Registered Files
Description:

The records concern health management and planning in Welsh health authorities by the Welsh Office.
Date: 1983-1995
Arrangement:

The records are arranged chronologically in file prefix order.
Related material:

See also BD 81
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: HPB
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English and Welsh
Creator:

Welsh Office, Health and Social Work Division, 1974-1983
Physical description: 29 file(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

in 2015 Welsh Government
Custodial history: The records were originally created and stored by the Welsh Office. The National Assembly for Wales (Executive) took over custody from 1998 and the records stored in Neptune Point, Cardiff. The Welsh Assembly Government took over custody in 2007 and the records were stored with a third party contractor. In 2011 the Welsh Government took over custody of the records.
Accumulation dates: 1983 to 1995
Selection and destruction information: Records Collection Policy, s.3.1.1 records which detail changes in the strategic functions and obligations of the UK and English and Welsh governments. ODP7, s 5.11. Records relating to signicant events involving health planning have been selected for preservation.
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

The Health Planning and Building Division was a component of the Health and Social Work Department. It was responsible for the general oversight health services in the then nine district health authorities in Wales. This included regional services, centrally funded initiatives, strategic planning, the health building programme, building standards, fire precautions, estate management and NHS land matters.

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