Health Concern

  • Health Concern
Date:
1984-1989
Reference:
SA/HCN
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Archives of Health Concern, a pressure group established due to concerns about the future of the NHS as "a non-party organisation to act as an NHS 'watchdog' and to promote the principles on which the NHS was founded". Includes correspondence and papers covering the establishment of the group, financial information and membership files.

Publication/Creation

1984-1989

Physical description

2 boxes

Contributors

Acquisition note

Presented to the library at Wellcome Collection by Anne Weyman, May 2007.

Biographical note

Health Concern was an organisation founded in the mid 1980s (1984 to 1985) with the primary aims of 'campaigning for more resources, co-ordinate comment on Government plans for the NHS and exchange information on research.'

It was set up by Lord Ennals (Minister of State for Health, 1968) and chaired by Sir Douglas Black (former chairman of the BMA, 1984-1985). It was an organisation that represented a broad alliance of somewhat diverse member organisations with the mutual aim of supporting the NHS by promoting the basic principles of the NHS and mounting an educational programme on health care and treatment.

The member organisations consisted of professional organisations, trade unions and patient and voluntary organisations. Membership was divided into two categories: member organisations (whose representatives made up the executive committee) and observer organisations. Membership was by subscription.

Terms of use

This collection has been catalogued and is available to library members. Some items have access restrictions which are explained in the item-level catalogue records.

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Identifiers

Accession number

  • 1505