ABSTRACT
In June 1987, at a time when there was a great deal of political concern about the National Health Service (NHS), John Moore replaced Norman Fowler as Secretary of State. On the 25 January in an interview with David Dimbleby on Panorama the Prime Minister came under some heavy fire about the state of the NHS. The British Medical Association (BMA) Council had held a formal white tie dinner to honour its Chairman since time immemorial. The Representatives agreed that advertising by doctors was not in the best interests of the patient27 but that decision received very little publicity. Running parallel with the review of the NHS was a review of general practice. On 25 July 1988, Kenneth Clarke took over John Moore's Health responsibilities, and after a further year, during which he handled Social Security, Moore fell into political obscurity.
