Government Health Reports
Health-Related Reports: A Key to Full Titles
Official health-related reports, green papers, white papers and acts of parliament are often known by short, "popular" titles typically taken from the name of the person who chaired the group which produced the document. To find or to reference one of these items, you will need to provide its full, official title and bibliographic details.
Below is an alphabetical list of the popular titles of documents published in the UK. Each entry provides the item's full title and further bibliographic details. If items share a popular title, entries are arranged in chronological order. A link to the full-text of the report or a related website is included where possible.
Help with incomplete entries and recommendations for additions would be much appreciated.
Please Note: I am not able to supply fax, photocopies or electronic copies of items on this list.
Summaries of some of the reports on this list are included in BOPCRIS: the British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service
Rob Caley Avril Robarts Learning Resource Centre.
Web Links to Major Related Sites
The Publications Library on the Department of Health's website includes details of recent Department of Health white and green papers with links to the full text of the documents, where available.
Details of Irish health-related reports are available from a page maintained by Angela Rice of Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin.
Acheson Report
Report of the independent inquiry into inequalities in health.
London: Stationery Office, 1998 ISBN: 0113221738
Acheson Report
Public Health in England: the report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Future Development of the Public Health Function. (Cm. 289)
London: HMSO, 1988
Allitt Inquiry
Independent Inquiry relating to deaths and injuries on the children's ward at Grantham and Kesteven General Hospital.
London: HMSO, 1994
This is also known as the Clothier Report.
Ashton Report
Review of the Cardiac Unit at the Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital NHS Trust Alder Hey.
NHS Executive North West, 2000
Banks Review
Coopers and Lybrand
Review of the wider Department of Health.
London: Dept. of Health, 1994
Barlow Report
Report of the Advisory Group on Osteoporosis.
London: Dept. of Health, 1994
Bevan Report
Staffing and utilisation of operating theatres: a study conducted under the guidance of a steering group.
Leeds: NHS Management Executive VFM Unit, 1989
ISBN: 1851974997
Beveridge Report
Social insurance and allied services: report. (Cmd. 6404)
London: HMSO, 1942
ISBN: 0108502767
Black Report
Inequalities in health: report of a research working group.
London: D.H.S.S., 1980
Revised editions have since been published by Penguin in 1982, 1988 and 1992. The above link is to an electonic copy of the original report which was added to the Socialist Health Alliance website in December 2009.
Blom Cooper Report
Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Complaints about Ashworth Hospital.
London: HMSO, 1992
Vol. 1 (Cm.2028I) ISBN: 010202822
Vol. 2: Case studies (Cm.2028II) ISBN: 010202830
Bonham-Carter Report
Functions of the District General Hospitals.
London: HMSO, 1969
Boorman Review
NHS Health and Wellbeing: Final report
Leeds: NHS Health and Wellbeing Review, 2009
Boyd Report
Department of Health
Confidential inquiry into homicides and suicides by mentally ill people.
London: HMSO, 1994
Bradbeer Report
Internal administration of hospitals.
London: HMSO, 1954
Bradley Report
Taking healthcare to the patient: transforming NHS ambulance services.
London: Dept. of Health, 2005
Briggs Report
Report of the Committee on Nursing.(Cmnd. 5115)
London: HMSO, 1972
Butler Report
Report of the Committee on mentally abnormal offenders. (Cmnd. 6244)
London: HMSO, 1975
Butterworth Report
Mental Health Nursing Review Team Working in partnership: a collaborative approach to care.
London: HMSO, 1994
Caldicott Committee Report
Report on the review of patient-identifiable information.
London: N.H.S. Executive, 1997
Calman Report
Junior doctors: the new deal.
London: HMSO, 1991
Calman Report
Hospital doctors' training for the future: the report of the Working Group on Specialist Medical Training.
London: Dept. of Health, 1993.
Calman-Hine Report
Expert Advisory Group on Cancer to the Chief Medical Officers of England and Wales
A policy framework for commissioning cancer services.
Dept. of Health and Welsh Office, 1995
Canterbury Report
Health Education Council. Steering Committee
Coronary Heart Disease prevention: plans for action: a report based on an interdisciplinary workshop conference held at Canterbury on 28-30 September 1983.
London: Pitman, 1984
ISBN: 0272797989
Carstairs Report
Scottish Home and Health Department
State Hospital Carstairs: Report of public local inquiry into circumstances surrounding the escape of two patients on Nov 30, 1976
Edinburgh HMSO 1977
Cave Report
Voluntary hospitals and their services: interim report.(Cmd. 1206)
London: Ministry of Health, 1921
Cave Report
Voluntary hospitals and their services: final report. (Cmd. 1335)
London: Ministry of Health, 1921
Ceri Davies Report
Under-used and surplus property in the National Health Service: report of an Enquiry into ways of identifying surplus land and property in the National Health Serice.
London: D.H.S.S., 1983
ISBN: 0113208278
Children's Green Paper
H.M. Treasury
Every Child Matters. (Cm. 5860)
London: Stationery Office, 2003
ISBN: 0101586027
Clothier Report
Department of Health and Social Security
Report of the Committee appointed to inquire into the circumstances, including the production, which led to the use of contaminated infusion fluids in the Devonport section of Plymouth General Hospital. (Cmnd. 5035)
London: HMSO, 1972
ISBN: 0101503504
Clothier Report
Independent inquiry relating to deaths and injuries on the children's ward at Grantham and Kesteven General Hospital.
London: HMSO, 1994
This is the report of the Allitt Inquiry
Clyde Report
The Orkney Inquiry: Report of Inquiry into the Removal of Children from Orkney in February 1991.
Edinbugh: HMSO, 1992
Cogwheel Reports
First report of the Joint Working Party on the Organisation of Medical Work in Hospitals.
London: HMSO, 1967
Second report of the Joint Working Party on the Organisation of Medical Work in Hospitals
Third report of the Joint Working Party on the Organisation of Medical Work in Hospitals.
London: HMSO, 1974
Collins Report
Collins, Jean
When the eagles fly: a report on resettlement of people with learning difficulties from long-stay institutions.
London: Values into Action, 1992
Community Care Act
National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.
London: HMSO, 1990
Court Report
Fit for the future: report of the Committee on Child Health Services. (Cmnd. 6684)
London: HMSO, 1976
Cranbrook Report
Report of the Maternity Services Committee.
London: HMSO, 1959
Crown Report
Report of the Advisory Group on Nurse Prescribing.
London: Dept. of Health, 1989
Crown Report
Final Report of the Review of Prescribing, Supply and Administration of Medicines.
London: Department of Health
Cullen Report
Chief Nursing Officers of the U.K. Caring for people: mental handicap nursing.
(PL/CNO (91) 5)
London: Dept. of Health, 1991
Culyer Report
Culyer, A. Supporting research and development in the NHS: a report to the Minister of Health.
London: HMSO, 1994
ISBN: 0113218311
Cumberlege Report
Neighbourhood nursing: a focus for care.
London: HMSO, 1986
Cumberlege Report
Dept. of Health. Expert Maternity Group
Changing childbirth.
London: HMSO, 1993 (2 vols.)
ISBN: 0113216238
Curtis Report
Report of the Care of Children Committee.(Cmd. 6922)
London: HMSO, 1946
Darzi Review
Our NHS, our future.
Darzi Review (Final report)
High quality care for all: NHS next stage review final report (Cm.7432)
London: Department of Health, 2008
ISBN: 9780101743228
Davies Report
Report of the Committee on hospital complaints procedure.
London: HMSO, 1973
ISBN: 0113205317
Dawson Report
Consultative Council on Medical and Allied Services.
Interim report on the future provision of medical and allied services.(Cmd.693)
London: HMSO, 1920
Brian Doherty Inquiry
Report of the Inquiry Team to the Western Health and Social Services Board.
Londonderry: Western Health and Social Services Board, 1995
Donaldson Report
Report of a census of organs and tissues retained by pathology services in England.
London: Stationery Office, 2001
ISBN: 0113225318
Dowie Reports
Dowie, Robin Patterns of hospital medical staffing.
London: HMSO 1991
A series of nine reports:-
1. Overview
2. Anaesthetics
3. General Medicine
4. General Psychiatry
5. General Surgery
6. Obstetrics & Gynaecology
7. Ophthalmology
8. Paediatrics
9. Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery
Duthie Report
Joint Subcommittee of the Standing Medical, Nursing and Midwifery, and Pharmaceutical Advisory Committees
Guidelines for the safe and secure handling of medicines: a report to the Secretary of State for Social Services.
London: Department of Health, 1988
Fallon Report
Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Personality Disorder Unit, Ashworth Special Hospital.(Cm.4194-II)
London: Stationery Office, 1999
ISBN: 0101419430
Volume II: Expert evidence on personality disorder. (Cm.4195)
London: Stationery Office, 1999
ISBN: 01041952
Farquharson-Lang Report
Administrative practice of hospital boards in Scotland.
Edinburgh: HMSO, 1966
Farwell Report
Aseptic dispensing for NHS patients.
London: Department of Health, 1995
First Green Paper
Administrative structure of the medical and related services in England and Wales.
London: HMSO, 1968
Firth Report
Public support for residential care: Report of a joint central and local government working party.
London: D.H.S.S., 1987
Forrest Report
Breast cancer screening: report to the health ministers of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
London: HMSO, 1986
ISBN: 011321071X
Francis Report
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry
Independent Inquiry into Care Provided by Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust: January 2005 - March 2009
London: The Stationery Office, 2010
ISBN: 9780102964394
Two volumes: HC 375-I (452 pages) and HC 375-II (363 pages)
Gillie Report
Ministry of Health; Central Health Services Council; Standing Medical Advisory Committee Sub Committee
Field of work of the family doctor.
London: HMSO, 1963
Glancy Report
Revised report of the working party on security in NHS psychiatric hospitals.
London: HMSO, 1974
Goodenough Report
Report of the inter-departmental committee on medical schools.
London: Ministry of Health, 1944
ISBN: 0946539014
Green Paper
National Health Service: the future structure of the National Health Service in England.
London: HMSO, 1970
ISBN: 113209959
Green Paper
Primary health care: an agenda for discussion.(Cmnd. 9771)
London: HMSO, 1986
Green Paper
Health of the Nation: a consultative document for health in England.(Cm. 1523)
London: HMSO, 1991
ISBN: 0101152329
Griffiths Report
National Health Service management inquiry report.
London: D.H.S.S., 1984
ISBN: 0946539014
Griffiths Report
Community care: agenda for action.
London: HMSO, 1988
ISBN: 0113211309
Guillebaud Report
Cost of the National Health Service: Report of the Committee of Enquiry
London: HMSO, 1956
Hall Reports
Report of the Joint Working Party on Child Health Surveillance: Health for all children. Ed. by D.M.B. Hall.
1st ed. 1989
2nd ed. 1991
3rd ed. OUP, 1996 ISBN:0192626566
4th ed. OUP, 2003 ISBN: 019851588x
Halsbury Report
Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Pay and Related Conditions of Service of Nurses and Midwives
London: HMSO, 1974
Halsbury Report
Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Pay and Related Conditions of Service of the Professions Supplementary to Medicine and Speech Therapists
London: HMSO, 1975
Hampshire Report
Report of Independent Inquiry into the Care and Treatment of Francis Hampshire.
Ilford: Redbridge and Waltham Forest Health Authority, 1996
Harding Report
The Primary Health Care Team: Report of a Joint Working Group of the Standing Medical Advisory Committee and the Standing Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee.
London: D.H.S.S., 1981
Harvard Davies Report
The organisation of Group Practice: report of a sub-committee of the Standing Medical Advisory Committee
London: HMSO, 1971
Heathrow Debate
The challenges for nursing and midwifery in the 21st Century: a report of the Heathrow debate between Chief Nursing Officers of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. [held in May 1993]
London: HMSO, 1994
Peter Hill Review Report
Report of a national review of NHS health library services in England: from knowledge to health in the 21st Century.
March 2008
Hill Report
Hospital treatment of acute poisoning: report of the joint sub-committee of the standing medical advisory committees. Central and Scottish Health Councils.
London: D.H.S.S., 1968
Hinchliffe Report
Final report of the Committee on the Cost of Prescribing.
London: HMSO, 1959
Hunt Report
Report of the Committee on Hospital Supplies Organisation.
Circulated to hospital authorities under cover of HM (66) 69
Hunter Report
Report of the Working Party on Medical Administrators.
London: HMSO, 1972
Ingall Report
Training of District Nurses. Report of the Advisory Committee.
London: Ministry of Health, 1958
Jay Report
Report of the Committee of Enquiry into Mental Handicap Nursing and Care. (Cmnd.7468)
London: HMSO, 1979 (2 vols.)
Judge Report
Commission on Nursing Education
The education of nurses: a new dispensation.
London: Royal College of Nursing, 1985
Kennedy Report
Learning from Bristol: the report of the public inquiry into children's heart surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, 1984-1995. (Cm.5207-I)
London: Stationery Office, 2001
ISBN:0101520727
Learning from Bristol: the report of the public inquiry into children's heart surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, 1984-1995: Summary and recommendations. (Cm.5207-II)
London: Stationery Office, 2001
ISBN:0101520735
Körner Report
First report of the Steering Group on Health Services Information.
London: HMSO, 1982
Leitch Review - final report
Prosperity for all in the global economy: world class skills.
London: TSO (The Stationery Office), 2006
ISBN: 9780118404860
Lewin Report
Organisation and staffing of operating departments.
London: HMSO, 1970
Limerick Report
Expert Group to investigate cot death theories: toxic gas hypothesis final report
London: Department of Health, 1998
ISBN: 1858398746
Lung Report
British Lung Foundation Lung disease: a shadow over the nation's health.
London: British Lung Foundation, 1996
ISBN: 0952747200
Lycett Green Report
Report of the Committee of Enquiry into the recruitment, training and promotion of administrative and clerical staff in the hospital service.
London: HMSO, 1963
Mansell Report
Services for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour or mental health needs: report of a project group.
London: HMSO, 1993
ISBN: 011321569x
Mant Report
Research and development in primary care: National working group report.
Leeds: N.H.S.E., 1998
Marmot Review - Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England post 2010
Fair society, healthy lives - the Marmot Review final report
Marmot Review, 2010
ISBN: 978096487001
Mayston Report
Working Party on Management Structure in the Local Authority Nursing Services
Report of Working Party on Management Structure in the Local Authority Nursing Services.
London: D.H.S.S., 1969
McCarthy Report
Making Whitley work. D.H.S.S., 1976
McColl Report
Review of Artificial Limb and Appliance Centre Services. HMSO, 1986
Merrison Report
Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Regulation of the Medical Profession. (Cmnd.6018)
London: HMSO, 1975
Merrison Report
Royal Commission on the National Health Service. (Cmnd. 7615)
London: HMSO, 1979
Millar Report
Working Party on Ambulance Training and Equipment Report, Part 1
London: HMSO, 1966
MMC Report
Aspiring to excellence: findings and final recommendations of the independent inquiry into modernising medical careers.
London: MMC Inquiry c/o Universities UK, 2008
This is also known as the Tooke Report.
Monks Report
Report of the working group to examine workloads in genito- urinary medicine clinics.
London: Department of Health, 1988
Montgomery Report
Maternity services in Scotland.
Edinburgh: HMSO, 1959
Nodder Report
Organisational and management problems of mental illness hospitals: report of a working group.
London: D.H.S.S., 1980
Noel Hall Report
Report of the Working Party on the Hospital Pharmaceutical Service.
London: HMSO, 1978
Noel Hall Report
Grading structure of the administrative and clerical staff in the hospital service.
London: HMSO, 1957
Omega File
Adam Smith Institute
Health and social services policy.
London: Adam Smith Institute, 1984
ISBN: 0906517575
Orkney Report
Report of Inquiry into the Removal of Children from Orkney in February 1991.
Edinbugh: HMSO, 1992
Peach Report
UKCC Commission for Nursing and Midwifery and Education
Fitness for practice
London: UKCC, 1999
Peckham Report
Peckham, C. Bedford, H., Seenturia, Y. et al. National immunisation study: factors affecting immunisation in childood. Horsham: Action Research for the Crippled Child, 1989
Standing Maternity and Midwifery Advisory Committee
Domiciliary midwifery and maternity bed needs: report of a sub-committee.
London: HMSO, 1970
ISBN: 0113202563
Peel Report
The use of fetuses and fetal material for research.
London: HMSO, 1972
Pennington Report
Pennington Group
Report on the circumstances leading to the 1996 outbreak of infection with E. Coli 0157 in central Scotland, the implications for food safety and the lessons to be learned.
London: Stationery Office, 1997
ISBN:0114958513
Pilkington Report
Royal Commission on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration. Report.(Cmnd. 939)
London: HMSO, 1960
Platt Report
The welfare of children in hospital: Report of a Committee of the Central Health Services Council.
London: HMSO, 1959
Polkinghorne Report
Review of the guidance on the research use of fetuses and fetal material.(Cm.762)
London: HMSO, 1989
Powell Report
Central Health Services Council. Ministry of Health.
Report of the Sub-committee appointed to answer the pattern of the inpatients' day.(Cmd. 7402)
London: HMSO, 1946
RAWP Report
Resource Allocation Working Party Sharing resources for health in England.
London: HMSO, 1976
Red Book
Dept. of Health and Welsh Office
Statement of fees and allowances payable to general medical practitioners in England and Wales from 1 April 1990.
London: HMSO, 1992
Redfern Report
Report of the Royal Liverpool Children's Inquiry.
London: Stationery Office, 2001
ISBN: 010277501x
Reed Report
Review of mental health and social services for mentally disordered offenders and others requiring similar services: Vol. 1: Final summary report. (Cm. 2088)
London: HMSO, 1992
ISBN 0101208820
Reed Report
Review of mental health and social services for mentally disordered offenders and others requiring similar services: Vol. 2: Service needs.
London: HMSO, 1993
ISBN 0113215517
Reed Report
Review of mental health and social services for mentally disordered offenders and others requiring similar services: Vol. 3: Finance, staffing and training.
London: HMSO, 1993
ISBN 0113215525
Reed Report
Review of mental health and social services for mentally disordered offenders and others requiring similar services: Vol. 4: The academic and research base.
London: HMSO, 1993
ISBN 0113215533
Reed Report
Review of mental health and social services for mentally disordered offenders and others requiring similar services: Vol. 5: Special issues and differing needs.
London: HMSO, 1993
ISBN 0113215541
Reed Report
High security and related psychiatric provision.
London: HMSO, 1994
Reed Report
Services for people with psychopathic disorder.
London: HMSO, 1994
Richards Report
Clinical academic careers: report of an independent task force chaired by Sir Rex Richards
London: Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the UK, 1997.
Ritchie Report
Report of the inquiry into quality and practice within the National Health Service arising from the actions of Rodney Ledward
London: Department of Health, 2000
Ritchie Report
Report of the inquiry into the care and treatment of Christopher Clunis
London: HMSO, 1994
ISBN:0117017981
Rothschild Report
The organisation and management of government research and development. (Cmnd. 4814)
London: HMSO, 1971
Rothschild Report
A Framework for Government Research and Development. (Cmnd. 5046)
London: HMSO, 1972
Rubery Report
Report of the Chief Medical Officer's Expert Group on the Sleeping Position of Infants and Cot Deaths.
London: HMSO, 1993
ISBN: 011321605x
Sainsbury Report
Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the relationship of the pharmaceutical industry with the National Health Service.
London: HMSO, 1967
Cmnd. 3410
Salmon Report
Report of the Committee on Senior Nursing staff structure.
London: HMSO, 1966
SCHARR Report
Reed, S. Catching the tide: new voyages in nursing. Sheffield: University of Sheffield, Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, 1995
This became known as the SCHARR Report after it was referred to as such in Executive Letter 95/98, September 1995. ScHARR have since produced many reports.
Schofield Report
University of Manchester. Health Services Management Unit. Project Steering Group
The future healthcare workforce: the Steering Group report.
Manchester: HSMU, 1996
ISBN: 0946250073
Scottish green paper
Administrative reorganisation of the Scottish health services.
London: HMSO, 1968
Second Green Paper
National Health Service: the future structure of the National Health Service in England.
London: HMSO, 1970
Seebohm Report
Report by the Committee on Local Authority and allied social service.
London: HMSO, 1968
Sheldon Report
Report of the Expert Group on Special Care Babies
London: HMSO, 1971
Shields Report
Scottish Office. Department of Health. Working Group on the Roles and Responsibilities of Health BoardsCommissioning better health: report of the short life working group on the roles and responsiblities of health boards
Edinburgh: Scottish Office, 1996
Short Report
Second Report from the Social Services Committee, Perinatal and neonatal mortality.(Session 1979/80, HC 663)
London: HMSO, 1980
ISBN:0102976805
Short Report
Third Report from the Social Services Committee, Perinatal and neonatal mortality, follow up.(Session 1983/84, HC 308)
London: HMSO, 1984
ISBN:0102308845
Smallwood Report
The role of complementary and alternative medicine in the NHS: an investigation into the potential contribution of mainstream complementary therapies to healthcare in the UK.
London: FreshMinds, 2005
Spens Report
Report of the Inter-departmental Committee on the Remuneration of General Practitioners.(Cmd. 6810)
London: HMSO, 1946
Spens Report
Report of the Inter-departmental Committee on the Remuneration of General Dental Practitioners.(Cmd. 7402)
London: HMSO, 1948
Stewart Report
Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones Mobile phones and health.
Chilton: I.E.G.M.P., 2000
ISBN: 0859514501
Tilt Report
Report of the review of security at the high security hospitals.
London: Department of Health, 2000
Todd Report
Report of the Royal Commission on Medical Education (Cmnd.3569)
London: HMSO, 1968
Tomlinson Report
Report of the inquiry into London's health service, medical education and research.
London: HMSO, 1992
ISBN:0113215487
Tooke Report
Aspiring to excellence: findings and final recommendations of the independent inquiry into modernising medical careers.
London: MMC Inquiry c/o Universities UK, 2008
Tunbridge Report
The care of the health of hospital staff. Report of the Joint Committee of the Central and Scottish Health Services Councils
London: HMSO, 1968
Turnberg Report
Health services in London: a strategic review.
London: Department of Health, 1998
Turner Report
Sudden infant death syndrome: report of the Expert Working Group enquiring into the hypothesis that toxic gases evolved from chemicals in cot mattress covers and cot mattresses are a cause of SIDS.
London: HMSO, 1991
ISBN: 0952747200
Utting Report
Children in the public care: a review of residential care.
London: HMSO, 1991
ISBN:0113214553
Wagner Report
Residential care: a positive choice [Report of the independent review of residential care].
London: HMSO, 1988
ISBN:0117010626
Wanless Report
Securing our future health: taking a long term view: final report.
London: H.M. Treasury, 2002
Wanless Report
Securing good health for the whole population: final report.
London: H.M. Treasury, 2004
ISBN: 0947819983
Wanless Report
Securing good care for older people: taking a long term view.
London: King's Fund, 2006
ISBN: 1857175441
Wanless Report
Wanless, D., Appleby, J., Harrison, A. and Patel, D.
Our future health secured? a review of NHS funding and performance.
London: King's Fund, 2007
ISBN: 9781857175622
Warnock Report
Report of the Committee of Inquiry into human fertilisation and embryology(Cmnd.9314)
London: HMSO, 1984
ISBN:0101931409
Wells Report
NHS Executive South Thames
Review of cervical screening services at Kent and Canterbury Hospitals Trust
London: NHS Executive, 1997
Welsh Green Paper
Reorganisation of the health service in Wales.
White Paper
NHS reorganisation England.(Cmnd. 5055)
London: HMSO, 1972
White Paper
Prevention and Health.(Cmnd. 7047)
London: HMSO, 1977
White Paper
Growing older.(Cmnd. 8173)
London: HMSO, 1981
White Paper
Promoting better health: the Government's programme for improving primary health care.(Cm. 249)
London: HMSO, 1987
ISBN: 0101024924
White Paper
Caring for people: community care in the next decade and beyond.(Cm. 849)
London: HMSO, 1989
Note: a separate white paper on this topic was published for Northern Ireland:
People first: community care in Northern Ireland for the 1990s
HMSO, 1990
ISBN: 033707576X
White Paper
Dept. of Health Working for patients. (Cm. 555)
London: HMSO, 1989
ISBN: 0101055528
White Paper
Primary care: delivering the future.(CM.[sic] 3512)
London: HMSO, 1991
ISBN: 0101351224
White Paper
Health of the Nation: a strategy for health in England.(Cm. 1986)
London: HMSO, 1992
ISBN: 0101198620
White Paper
Choice and opportunity - primary care: the future.(Cm. 3390)
London: HMSO, 1996
ISBN: 010133902x
Winterton Report
House of Commons Health Select Committee
Second Report on the Maternity Services.
London: HMSO, 1992
Vol.1: Report together with appendices and the proceedings of the Committee. ISBN: 0102830924
Vol.2: Minutes of Evidence. ISBN: 0102838925
Vol.3: Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence. ISBN: 0102897921
Woodbine Parish Report
Hospital building maintenance: report of the Committee, 1968-1970.
London: HMSO, 1970
ISBN: 0113209924
Zuckerman Report
Hospital scientific and technical services.
London: HMSO, 1968
Principal sources and acknowledgements
Health Services Yearbook 1994 Institute of Health Services Management
Section 17: Summaries of reports
British government publications: an index to chairmen and authors [subtitle varies]/compiled by Stephen Richard.
London: Library Association, 1982-1984
Vol. I: 1800-1899
Vol. II: 1900-1940
Vol. III: 1941-1978
Vol. IV: 1979-1982
Many thanks are also due to colleagues on lis-medical, especially Liz James of the King's Fund Library, Reinhard Wentz of CXWMS and Angela Head of Newham Hospital Library and Information Service for their contributions.
