Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers relating to Blunkett's first few months as Shadow Secretary of State for Health. Includes letters congratulating Blunkett on his new role, August 1992; letter from Virginia Bottomley, Secretary of State for Health, prior to Blunkett's first speech at the Labour Party Conference as the party's spokesperson on health, September 1992; and text of Blunkett's speech in response to the publication of the government's White Paper 'Health of the Nation', 22 October 1992.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers concerning the NHS and health policy in relation to Blunkett's role as Shadow Secretary of State for Health. Includes material relating to problems with the telephone helpline set up to advise those worried about Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), October 1993.

Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers concerning the NHS and health policy in relation to Blunkett's role as Shadow Secretary of State for Health. Includes correspondence and press release relating to the Jarman report on health funding in deprived areas, September 1994; and findings from a Gallup poll showing Labour had a higher lead in the polls on health than any other single issue, [October 1994]. Includes correspondence dating from after Blunkett had moved on to his new role of Shadow Education...