Catalogue description Department of Health and Social Security: Rural Dispensing Services: Registered Files RDA Series

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Details of BN 150
Reference: BN 150
Title: Department of Health and Social Security: Rural Dispensing Services: Registered Files RDA Series
Description:

This series contains files relating to dispensing services in rural areas. It includes the implementation of the proposals of the Clothier report on rural dispensing and the establishment of the Rural Dispensing Committee.
Date: 1979-1987
Related material:

Records on rural dispensing, including the Clothier report and its implementation, can also be found in:

MH 149

MH 153
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: RDA file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
Physical description: 12 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2016 Department of Health
Selection and destruction information: Routine administrative files have not been selected
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

The National Joint Committee of the Medical and Pharmaceutical Professions on the Dispensing of NHS Prescriptions in Rural Areas, more commonly known as the Clothier Committee, was established in 1975, under the chairmanship of Mr C M Clothier QC, to find a solution to disputes between doctors and pharmacists over rural dispensing. The Clothier Report, published in 1977, proposed regulation of changes to rural dispensing arrangements and approval by a representative body. This subsequently led to the establishment of the Rural Dispensing Committee in 1983.

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