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Association of District Community Physicians

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Establishment of the Association of District Community Physician: Working Party on formation, inaugural meeting in Harrogate, constitution and aims and views of prospective members, including lists of ssociation of District Community Physicians in England and Wales. Also contains circular to ssociation of District Community Physicians in Scotland regarding interest in joining the Association of District Community Physician, May 1976

Standing Conference of Associations within Community Medicine: including correspondence with the Society of Community Medicine re collaboration, and copy minutes of meetings, 16 May 1975, 1 Oct 1976 and 26 Jan 1979

Lack of medical and administrative support for District Community Physicians in the reorganised NHS: including letters to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Services and the Chief Medical Officer

Membership of the Health Services Management Committee of the Society of Community Medicine: including copy minutes 16 Jan 1976

Comments on DHSS Consultative Document on Sterilisation of Children

Doctors working in Family Planning Clinics: views on contracts which make them responsible to the Area Medical Officer rather than the District Community Physician, including letter to DHSS

Job descriptions and contracts for District Community Physicians: Association of District Community Physicians criticism of terms agreed by the BMA's Central Committee for Community Medicine and Community Health Doctors and objection to a clause stating that the District Community Physician will undertake `such other duties as may be allocated by the Area Medical Officer', including views of individual members and letter to the Chief Medical Officer

Distribution of DHSS Health Circulars: particularly concern over route of transmission via Health Authorities to District Community Physicians and Medical Officer Environmental Healths, including letter to Chief Medical Officer

Royal Commission on the NHS: including preliminary submission sent (Jun) 1976, final evidence sent (Feb) 1977, and views of members on the Commission and the Association of District Community Physicians's submissions

Comments on the DHSS Draft Revised Memorandum on the Investigation and Control of Food Poisoning in England and Wales, including views of individual members

Community Medicine recruitment, training and staffing: including comments on the DHSS Draft Circular `Community Medicine - Recruitment and Staffing', by West Midland District Community Physicians Group and Community Physicians in the North West Thames Regional Health Authority (sent directly to the Chief Medical Officer), 1977; copy of a memorandum by Dr Angus McGregor, District Community Physician, 30 Nov 1978; and Association of District Community Physicians comments on DHSS Report `Recruitment to Community Medicine', 1980

Association of District Community Physicians consultation with Faculty of Community Medicine regarding nominations for membership of the Appointments Committee for District Community Physicians

Reorganisation of Health Districts: proposals for Sheffield Area Health Authority (Teaching) and merger of Bristol and Weston HDs (Avon Area Health Authority), and Beverly and Hull HDs (Humberside Area Health Authority), with particular reference to consultation procedures and Association of District Community Physicians's request to Secretary of State to postpone approvals pending publication of Royal Commission's Report on NHS restructuring

Views on provisions and fees for immunisation of Customs Staff against rabies, in response to member's enquiry

Distinction Awards to Community Physicians: concern over low number of merit pay awards made to District Community Physicians in comparison to Regional Medical Officers and Area Medical Officers, including replies from Regional Medical Officers to Secretary's enquiry concerning number of District Community Physicians nominated or given an award

Control and surveillance of Lassa Fever and Marburg Disease and injury compensation provisions for Medical Officer Environmental Healths

DHSS Sub-Group on the Organisation of the Remedial Professions in the NHS: findings of the Trent Region District Community Physicians presented to the Working Party and comments by J P Hutchby, District Community Physician, on the Report

Provisions for training of Community Physicians in communicable disease control and environmental health: including a report on training requirements for the future Medical Officer Environmental Health, by a Working Party of District Community Physicians and Specialists in Community Medicine (Environmental Health) Yorkshire Region, sent to the Faculty of Community Medicine, 1977

Comments on DHSS Draft Circulars on Occupational Health Services for NHS Staff in England and Wales and in Scotland

Consultations in Community Medicine: concern over how the DHSS obtains its advice on environmental health and infectious disease control, particularly re lack of adequate medical representation on the Association of Sea and Air Port Health Authorities, lack of consultation with Association of District Community Physicians re Circular on the safe preparation of turkeys (for Christmas dinner), and membership, workings, and competency of the Community Medicine Consultative Committee. Includes correspondence with the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, BMA and Faculty of Community Medicine

Remuneration for Port Health duties: paper by Dr Jim Dunlop on current arrangements, Dec 1977, and views on DHSS proposals, Dec 1978

Letter from Dr J S Robertson to Chief Medical Officer commenting on the DHSS Guidelines and Criteria for Planning of District General Hospitals

Evidence to the BMA, Faculty of Community Medicine and Society of Community Medicine Working Party on the work undertaken by Community Physicians, and comments on their Report entitled `The State of Community Medicine' (Duncan Report) 1979 (including copy of Report)

Views on proposed Community Medicine staffing arrangements in the 1980s under the reorganised NHS, particularly DHSS Circular DA (80) 12 `NHS Reorganisation - Staffing Aspects' and provisions for re-grading, early retirement and redundancy

Letter from Don Patey, District Community Physician Bury St Edmunds, explaining his reasons for resigning his membership of the Association of District Community Physicians

Proper Officer; Medical Officer Environmental Health; Medical Adviser: various papers on defining their role and extent of duties

Comments on the Report of the Supply Board Working Group (Salmon Report)

Views on DHSS proposals for disputes procedures in the NHS

Views on David Ennals' letter to MPs on computer confidentiality and child health records

Views on formation of the Environmental Health Special Interest Group of the Society of Community Medicine, and proposal to join

Proposals by two members that the Association produce a list of District Community Physicians and Single District Area Medical Officers in England and Wales, including suggested lay-out by Dr F T Hunt, 1978, and lists of District Community Physicians in East Anglia, South East Thames and South Western Health Regions, 1980

Report of the Central Committee for Community Medicine (of the BMA) Working Party on Community Health Doctors (Preston Report): personal views by Association of District Community Physicians member Dr G R Brackenridge, District Community Physician North Allerton Health District, including copy of the Preston Report, Dec 1978, and a report by the BMA North West Thames Regional Committee on the Future of the Clinical Medical Officer to be considered with the former

Comments by Dr J S Robertson, on behalf of the Environmental Health Sub-Committee of the Association of District Community Physicians, on a proposed Port Health - Infectious Disease Surveillance Card

Comments by Dr J S Robertson, on behalf of the Environmental Health Sub-Committee of the Association of District Community Physicians, on DHSS Draft Guidelines on Provision of Health Certificates for Foodhandlers

Comments on the Report of the Normansfield Enquiry on standards of care and management at Normansfield Hospital for the care of the mentally ill, submitted to the Faculty of Community Medicine

`Patients First', the Government Consultative Paper on the structure and management of the NHS in England and Wales: draft comments, comments of individual members, and arrangements for the Special General Meeting of the Association of District Community Physicians on 7 Mar 1980

Comments on Report of the Jay Committee on arrangements for the care of mentally handicapped people, compiled by Dr J S Robertson on behalf of the Association of District Community Physicians

Department of Environment Consultation Paper on the Review of the Law of Statutory Nuisance and Offensive Trades: comments by Executive Committee and summary submitted to the DOE

Views on the Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre's new form for reporting outbreaks of food poisoning and salmonellosis, particularly definition of an `outbreak'

Papers relating to liaison between the Association of Area Medical Officers and Association of District Community Physicians to consider forming a unitary Association of Managerial Medical Officers, in light of pending NHS reorganisation

Papers relating to liaison between the Association of Area Medical Officers and Association of District Community Physicians to consider forming a unitary Association of Managerial Medical Officers, in light of pending NHS reorganisation

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