§ (a) Advisory bodies
- Administration of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee
- Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances
- Advisory Committee on Child Psychotherapists Grading and Appointments*
- Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens
- Advisory Committee on Distinction Awards
- Advisory Committee on Irradiation of Food
- Advisory Committee on Top Grade Clinical Psychologists Posts*
- Advisory Committee on Top Grade Scientists Posts*
- Advisory Committee on Vocational Training Allowances
- Advisory Group on Hepatitis
- Breast Cancer Screening Trials Working Group
- Central Advisory Committee on Rural Practice Payments
- Central Advisory Committee on War Pensions
- Central Joint Committee on the Rural Dispensing Standstill*
- Child Health Computing Committee*
- Children's Joint Committee
- Committee on Dental and Surgical Materials
- Committee on Gynaecological Cytology
- Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy
- Committee on Radiation from Radioactive Medicinal Products
- Committee on Restrictions Against Disabled People†
- Committee on the Review of Medicines
- Committee on Safety of Medicines
- Co-ordinating Committee on Medical Aspects of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment
- Dental Rates Study Group
- Food Hygiene Advisory Council*
- Health Services Human Growth Hormone Committee
- Independent Scientific Committee on Smoking and Health
- Independent Advisory Committee on Safety in Clinical Laboratories
- Industrial Injuries Advisory Council
- Informal Working Group on Effective Prescribing
- Joint Committee on the Medical Aspects of Water Quality
- Joint Inducements Payments Committee
- Medicines Commission
- National Health Service Computer Policy Committee*
- National Health Service National Staff Committees (5)
- National Health Service Purchasing Advisory Groups (30)
- National Radiological Protection Board Advisory Committee*
- National Training Council for the National Health Service
- Postgraduate Training Allowance Advisory Committee
- Radiological Advisory Committee
- Scientifc and Technical Committee for the Central Blood Laboratories
- Social Security Advisory Committee
- Standing Group on National Health Service Planning*
- Steering Group on Health Services Information*
- Supplementary Benefit Appeal Tribunals Advisory Group
- United Kingdom Transplant Management Committee
- War Pensions Committees (81)
- Working Group on Rickets
- Working Party on Laser Safety.
§ * Identified for abolition, merger with another body or being made independent of Government.
§ † Expected to report in 1981.
§ In addition, 10 professional groups—five associated with the Central Health Services Council and five with the Labatory Developments Advisory Group—have to be counted as separate non-departmental public bodies because of the abolition of their parent organisation.
§ (b) Executive bodies
- Attendance Allowance Board
- British Pharmacopoeia Commission
- Central Council for the Education and Training of Health Visitors (UK)‡
- Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work (UK)
- Central Midwives Board (England and Wales)‡
- Committee of Management of the School for Dental Therapists Ltd.
- Council for Postgraduate Medical Education in England and Wales
- Development Team for the Mentally Handicapped
- Family Fund
- General Nursing Council‡
- General Practice Finance Corporation
- Health Education Council (UK)
- Intermediate Treatment Fund
- Joint Board for Clinical Nursing Studies‡
- Medical Practices Committee
- National Biological Standards Board (UK)
- National Radiological Protection Board
- Occupational Pensions Board
- Panel of Assessors for District Nurse Training‡
- Public Health Laboratory Service Board (England and Wales)
- United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (and English National Board)
§ Note: ‡ These bodies will be replaced, after a transitional period by the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting and National Boards which were set up in 1980 under the Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979.
§ (c) Tribunals
- The Adjudicator *
- Medical Appeal Tribunals
- Medical Boards
- Mental Health Review Tribunals
- National Health Service Tribunal
- National Insurance Local Tribunals
- Pneumoconiosis Medical Panels
- Supplementary Benefit Appeal Tribunals
- Staff Appeals (NHS Reorganisation) Tribunals *
- Vaccine Damage Tribunals
§ Note: * Identified for abolition