Health Service Journal Health Service Journal Health Service Journal (HSJ) is a news service which covers the British National Health Service, healthcare management and health policy. The "Poor Law Officers' Journal" was established in 1892. In 1930 it changed its name after the passing of the Local Government Act 1929 to the "Public Assistance Journal and Health and Hospital Review", then in 1948 it became the "Hospital and Social Service Journal". In 1963 it became the "Hospital and Social Service Review", in 1973 the "Health and Social Service Journal" and the "Health Service Journal" in 1986. "HSJ" was commercially published from 1997. It
Royal Commission on the National Health Service idea that responsibility for the delivery of health services should be transferred from the Department of Health and Social Security to the Regional Health Authorities was less welcome. The members were: Royal Commission on the National Health Service The Royal Commission on the National Health Service was set up by the Wilson government in 1975. It was to consider the "best use and management of the financial and manpower resources of the NHS". The Royal Commission reported in June 1979, by which time the government had changed. It recommended, among other things, that the administration of the Health Service should