Catalogue description Department of Health: Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health: Acheson Report: Registered Files

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Reference: JA 634
Title: Department of Health: Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health: Acheson Report: Registered Files
Description:

This series contains files relating to the Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health (Acheson Report), Public Health Inquiry Sub-Committee on Prevention, Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases and Surveillance on Non-Communicable Diseases, Health care workers infected with Blood Borne Viruses (BBVs), Infectious disease control review of legislation, Health of the Nation papers on numerous health issues (including cancer, HIV, smoking and mental illness)
Date: 1985-2011
Arrangement:

This series is arranged in file reference order (within each transfer).
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: HDC file series
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department of Health, 1988-

Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
Physical description: 964 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2019 Department of Health and Social Care
Custodial history: Prefix noted as in use by File Office 645 in 1994. Prefix transferred to File Office 948 in 1999 and notified as closed by branch in 2000
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

The Independent Inquiry into Inequalities in Health was set up in July 1997 and was chaired by Sir Donald Acheson, with the following terms of reference:

  • to moderate a Department of Health review of the latest available information on inequalities of Health, using data from the Office for National Statistics, the Department of Health and elsewhere
  • to identify priority areas for future policy development
  • to report to the Secretary of State for Health and publish a report to aid the development of a new strategy for health.

The review focused on three crucial areas: evaluation of policies likely to impact health, prioritisation of the health of families and children, and a reduction of income inequalities, improving the living standards of poor households.

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