NHS figure
David Ennals NHS Timeline
Follow the NHS-related events in the supplied World History Database records for David Ennals.
10 records1976–1977
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David Ennals in the NHS archive
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| Date | Person | Event | Place | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | David Ennals Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | GP Vocational Training Legislation | London, Great Britain | Legislation provides for mandatory vocational training before doctors can enter independent NHS general practice, strengthening the formal preparation of future family doctors. |
| 1976 | David Ennals Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | Health Services Act | London, Great Britain | The Health Services Act establishes machinery for progressively reducing private pay beds within NHS hospitals while regulating private hospital development. |
| 1976 | David Ennals Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | Health Services Board | London, Great Britain | The Health Services Board is established to supervise the phased withdrawal of private beds from NHS hospitals under the government's private-practice policy. |
| 1976 | David Ennals Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | Prevention and Health Policy | London, Great Britain | The government publishes Prevention and Health: Everybody's Business, promoting disease prevention and healthier behaviour alongside the treatment services of the NHS. |
| 1976 | David Ennals Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | Priorities for Health and Personal Social Services | London, Great Britain | The government publishes national priorities directing greater attention toward services for older people, mental illness, disability and community-based care. |
| 1976 | David Ennals Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | Resource Allocation Working Party Report | London, Great Britain | The Resource Allocation Working Party proposes a population-based method for distributing NHS funds more equitably between regions according to relative health need. |
| 1976 | David Ennals Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | Secretary of State Appointment | London, Great Britain | Ennals becomes Secretary of State for Social Services and assumes responsibility for health policy, NHS finance and implementation of major service reforms. |
| 1977 | David Ennals Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre | London, Great Britain | A national communicable-disease surveillance centre is established to strengthen the NHS's ability to detect outbreaks and coordinate epidemiological intelligence. |
| 1977 | David Ennals Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | National Health Service Act 1977 | London, Great Britain | The National Health Service Act 1977 consolidates existing NHS legislation into a clearer statutory framework for health-service duties and administration. |
| 1977 | David Ennals Secretary of State · Secretary of State for Social Services | The Way Forward NHS Priorities | London, Great Britain | The government publishes The Way Forward, refining NHS priorities and setting directions for service development during continuing financial restraint. |