A Chronology of State Medicine, Public Health, Welfare and Related ...

1986 Cont 1
1986 cont Ministry of Agriculture introduced regulations governing the supply, storage and
use of pesticides in agriculture, forestry, parks, domestic gardens and allotments. See 1998.
The Committee of Enquiry on the Conduct of Local Authority Business (chairman, D
Widdicombe), Cmnd.9798, recommended the introduction of a code requiring councillors to
act within the law and in the public's rather than sectional interest; greater openness about
party political groups and their discussions; registration of councillors' interests; the right of
the public to attend meetings and see documents of committees taking decisions on behalf of
the council; legal powers for chief executives to ensure that council business was conducted
fairly; and that local authority employees at the rank of principal officer and above should be
barred from seeking election in neighbouring authorities. See 1988 and 1989.
The Department of Health and Social Security published a Green Paper, "Primary
Health Care. An Agenda for Discussion", Cmnd.9771, suggesting ways in which primary
health care might be improved, made more responsive to the public and be more involved in
prevention and the promotion of health. See 1987.
The Department also published "Neighbourhood Nursing. A Focus for Care"
(chairwoman, J Cumberlege, later Baroness) which called for resources to be transferred from
hospital expenditure to the community health services; supported nurse prescribing and nurse
practitioners; and recommended formal agreements between general practitioners and
community nurses, and a more pluralistic concept of primary care. See 1987.
An Independent Working Party of the Department of Health and Social Security on
Artificial Limb and Appliance Centre Services (chairman, I McColl, later Lord)
recommended the creation of a new Management Board to control and manage the services;
that the services should be made more accessible to the patients; and that the professional
status and training of prosthetists should be upgraded. See 1987.
The Committee of Inquiry into Unnecessary Dental Treatment (chairman, SG
Schanschieff) reported. See 1994.
The Committees of Inquiry into the outbreak of food poisoning at Stanley Royd
Hospital (1984), and of the outbreak of legionnaires disease in Stafford, Cmnd.9772,
published.
"Making a Reality of Community Care", published by the Audit Commission, called
for radical changes within the NHS and local government arrangements; and suggested that
responsibility and financing for services for mentally and physically handicapped people,
frail elderly people and mentally ill people in the community should be clearly defined. See
1988.
The NHS Training Authority (chairmen, Sir John Donne) published "Better
Management, Better Health" reviewing management education, training and development in
the NHS.
The Department of Health and Social Security published "A National Strategic
Framework for Information Management in the Hospital and Community Health Services".
Report of a Committee on HIV Infection and Intravenous Drug Misuse in Scotland
(chairman, DBL McLelland), published. See below and 1987.
The UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting published
"Project 2000. A New Preparation for Practice" recommending that nurses in training should
have student status, bursaries and a supernumerary position on the wards. Implementation
began in 1988. See 1988.
A Committee of Enquiry on Pharmacy (chairman, Sir Kenneth Clucas), appointed by