Catalogue description Welsh Office: Health and Social Work Department and Successors: Health Policy (HP) File Prefix: Registered Files

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Reference: BD 133
Title: Welsh Office: Health and Social Work Department and Successors: Health Policy (HP) File Prefix: Registered Files
Description:

The records relate to the formulation and implementation of health policy in Wales.
Date: 1986-1994
Arrangement:

The records are arranged chronologically in file prefix order.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: HP
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English and Welsh
Creator:

Welsh Office, Health and Social Work Division, 1974-1983
Physical description: 43 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

In 2018 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: 1986 to 1994
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 significant policy development and implementation have been selected for preservation.
Accruals: No further accruals expected
Administrative / biographical background:

Health Policy Division was responsible for policy on hospital and the Area Health Authorities provided health services, port health services, international health, food and nutrition; co-ordination of all Health Services Wales Departments (HSWD) services for the mentally handicapped and mentally ill, Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales, jointy financing for the AHAs and the local authorities, policy for and liaison with the Health Advisory Service , complaints procedures and general issues relating to the Health Services Commissioner, structure of the NHS in Wales, management training and responsibility for trainees in the NHS.

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