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Articles and copies of articles from professional journals  (including BMJ and The Lancet) on various aspects of hospital care, community hospitals, more effective use of hospital beds, changes to hospital care provision, etc. Correspondence; reports; DHSS press releases and reports; research papers from local authorities. Other publications, including: Oxford Regional Hospital Board's Occasional Papers (1974); Third Report of the Joint Working Party on the Organisation of Medical Work in Hospitals (1974); North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board's Statistical Revision of 10 Year Plan (1971).

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