NHS figure
Barbara Castle NHS Timeline
Follow the NHS-related events in the supplied World History Database records for Barbara Castle.
9 records1974–1975
Person timeline
Barbara Castle in the NHS archive
This page gathers the supplied NHS history records associated with Barbara Castle.
Chronological records
NHS events
| Date | Person | Event | Place | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 April 1974 | Barbara Castle Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | NHS Reorganisation Implementation | Great Britain, Great Britain | Castle oversees implementation of the reorganised NHS structure, with regional and area health authorities replacing much of the previous administrative system. |
| 1974 | Barbara Castle Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | Democracy in the NHS Consultation | London, Great Britain | The government publishes proposals intended to increase democratic participation and public accountability within the newly reorganised National Health Service. |
| 1974 | Barbara Castle Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | Nurses Pay Settlement | London, Great Britain | The government accepts substantial pay improvements following the Halsbury review, raising remuneration for nurses and several professions supplementary to medicine. |
| 1974 | Barbara Castle Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | Private Practice Policy | London, Great Britain | Castle advances plans to separate private practice from NHS hospitals, making the future of pay beds a central issue in negotiations with consultants. |
| 1974 | Barbara Castle Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | Secretary of State Appointment | London, Great Britain | Castle takes responsibility for health and social services as the incoming Labour government inherits the major NHS reorganisation due to begin in April. |
| 1975 | Barbara Castle Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | Better Services for the Mentally Ill | London, Great Britain | The government publishes policy for improving mental-health services, emphasising community provision and more appropriate alternatives to long-stay institutional care. |
| 1975 | Barbara Castle Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | Junior Doctors Contract Dispute | London, Great Britain | The government faces industrial action by junior hospital doctors over contracts and working hours, prompting renewed negotiations on terms and emergency cover. |
| 1975 | Barbara Castle Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | NHS Pay Beds Negotiations | London, Great Britain | Castle continues negotiations over the reduction of private pay beds in NHS hospitals while seeking an arrangement that can be implemented through legislation. |
| 1975 | Barbara Castle Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | NHS Planning System | London, Great Britain | The Department develops a formal NHS planning system intended to connect national priorities, regional plans and local service decisions within the reorganised structure. |