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Scope of this chapter

1 This chapter aims to give a factual description of the history of both the regional and district health authorities and their management structures throughout the period in question, and of how their respective rights and obligations were distributed and changed or were transferred over time.

2 Although the account is given of the evidence as to the position nationally, it focuses on the regional and district framework most relevant to Bristol, in particular that relating to paediatric cardiac services (PCS).

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