Consists of material relating to the Northern Regional Health Authority in England and Sir Liam's role in the Authority as Regional Medical Officer and Regional Director of Public Health (June 1986 - February 1992), and Regional General Manager and Director of Public Health (March 1992 - March 1994).

Consists of;

Correspondence between Sir Liam and the Regional General Manager for the Northern Regional Health Authority regarding the application process;

Sir Liam's application for the post;

Redrafting of the job description and confirmation of his appointment;

Original and revised versions of job descriptions;

And reports on regional strategies and new management arrangements.

Consists of Sir Liam's application for the post and correspondence between Sir Liam and the Chairman of the Northern Regional Health Authority confirming his appointment.

Annual Report by Sir Liam for the Northern Regional Health Authority.

Health issues covered in this report significant to the Northern Region include;

The importance of healthy living in childhood, including eating for a healthy heart, health risk-taking in adolescence, and making health fun;

Maintaining healthy lifestyles in adulthood, including supervising family's health, preventing cancers in women, and communities with major health disadvantages;

And health issues for the elderly, including rapid responses to preventable problems in old age, and supporting the elderly whose independence is threatened by dementia.

Material relating to the specifications of the roles of Regional Medical Officer and Regional General Manager and Sir Liam's application and recruitment process.

Reports written by Sir Liam in his role as Regional Director of Public Health for the Northern Regional Health Authority, highlighting particular health and health care issues locally, making recommendations for change and commenting on progress and achievements.

Each District Health Authority was required to produce an Annual Report on the health of their population. Sir Liam continued to produce such Annual Reports as Chief Medical Officer for England aimed at a general audience with clear action points for a number of stakeholders.

Annual Report by Sir Liam for the Northern Regional Health Authority.

Health issues covered in this report significant to the Northern Region include;

Progress on the previous years' recommendations and major achievements in the region;

Adequately diagnosing and treating high blood pressure;

Prescribing cheaper but equally effective medicines to save money and treat more patients;

Greater use of day case surgerys in hospitals;

Reducing the risk of death through meningitis by administering penicillin injections before transferring sufferers to hospital;

Administering steroids to mothers in premature labour to reduce incidences of respiratory distress syndrome;

And the development and use of agreed clinical guidlines to standardise the treatment of patients.

Annual Report by Sir Liam for the Northern Regional Health Authority.

Health issues covered in this report significant to the Northern Region include;

Progress on the previous years' recommendations and major achievements in the region;

Preventing childhood accidents;

Decreasing risk factors associated with strokes and providing support to sufferers;

Reducing perinatal and maternal mortality;

The importance of regular, vigorous exercise;

Surveillance, prevention and investigation regarding communicable disease outbreaks;

And cleaner, safer regional and local environments.

Includes specific health and health care issues Sir Liam was involved in investigating, reforming or raising the profile during his time at the Northern Regional Health Authority.

Report of an expert committee established by Sir Liam to investigate the higher than expected levels of childhood leukaemia in parts of the Northern Region.