Key Information
Reference code
K/PP149/3/5/18
Title
CLOSED correspondence, 1974-1979, with the Department of Health & Social Security
Date(s)
- 1974 - 1979 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Correspondence between Cicely Saunders and personnel of the Department of Health and Security (DHSS) chiefly relating to a visit to St Christopher's Hospice, January 1974, by Barbara Anne Castle (1910-2002), Secretary of State for Social Services, 1974-1976, and to changes in the funding structure for the hospice. File includes: statistics on admissions to the hospice, 1967-1974; reports and a grant application relating to the research work of Dr Robert Twycross on pharmacological treatments for terminal cancer; a DHSS report on terminal care, 1979. Personal data in the file is CLOSED during Twycross' lifetime.