What we hold, and what we don’t yet
If a search finds nothing, you need to know whether nothing was said or whether we haven’t collected the papers. This page shows exactly what Minute Book covers.
52,021
documents in all: 25,099 board papers, 12,382 local Healthwatch reports, 6,490 coroners’ reports, 7,793 responses and 257 other documents published with them
350 of 357
organisations in our list have board papers so far, and 148 of 152 local Healthwatch have papers or reports
2016
when most of our papers start, with a few from 2002
24 Oct 2026
our last collection. Each organisation’s page shows when we last checked it.
Coverage status
- Complete1 organisation
We hold the published public board papers for every year we cover, up to the end of last year, checked against the organisation’s website. Checks may be made by a person or by AI authorised by Minute Book.
- Partial477 organisations
We hold some of their papers, but can’t yet say we have every public board meeting. A search may miss things said at meetings we don’t hold.
60 of these are Partial only because the years are not yet checked: we hold papers for every board meeting we know of, but they haven’t yet been compared with the organisation’s website.
- Not yet collected11 organisations
We have none of their papers yet: we haven’t reached them, or their website doesn’t allow automated collection.
- Archived record20 organisations
The organisation has closed or merged. Its papers stay searchable under its old name, linked to the organisation that replaced it.
| Document | Number |
|---|---|
| Packs of meeting papers | 12,022 |
| Sets of minutesIncluding 1,661 drafts and 994 approved | 13,077 |
| Local Healthwatch reportsAn archived record, kept before local Healthwatch are abolished | 12,382 |
| Prevention of future deaths reports | 6,490 |
| Responses to those reports | 7,793 |
| Other documents published with the reports | 257 |
| Total | 52,021 |
18 board papers are counted here but not searchable yet, while we read their text. Each still links to the original.
946 board papers were published by two organisations. They are counted once here and on each organisation’s page.
| Papers | Organisations | Number |
|---|---|---|
| Board papers | 419 | 19,188 |
| Committee papers | 124 | 4,765 |
| Council of governors’ papers | 79 | 1,146 |
We keep the minutes and papers of board committees and councils of governors too, and label each with the meeting it was for. Coverage is checked separately for the board, each committee and each council: when we say something was not found, we say whose papers we searched.
| Nation | Organisations with papers | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| England | 259 of 263 | 15,937 |
| Scotland | 53 of 55 | 5,787 |
| Wales | 11 of 12 | 897 |
| Northern Ireland | 13 of 13 | 1,232 |
| UK-wide | 14 of 14 | 1,246 |
| Local Healthwatch reports (England) | 148 of 152 | 12,382 |
| Total | 498 | 37,481 |
| Kind | Organisations with papers | Papers (including Healthwatch reports) |
|---|---|---|
| Trusts and health boards | 238 of 239 | 15,765 |
| Integrated care boards and former CCGs | 51 of 52 | 1,877 |
| National organisations | 11 of 13 | 1,095 |
| Regulators and safety organisations | 11 of 12 | 552 |
| Integration joint boards | 28 of 30 | 3,493 |
| Professional regulators | 11 of 11 | 992 |
| Local Healthwatch | 148 of 152 | 13,709 |
Integrated care boards, national organisations, regulators and safety organisations, and Scotland’s integration joint boards are counted apart from the trusts and health boards that provide care.
| Reason | Years |
|---|---|
| Not yet checked against the published list | 1,390 |
| We don’t yet have the organisation’s own list of its meetings that year | 825 |
| We know of meetings whose papers we don’t hold | 521 |
| The year isn’t over | 351 |
| We don’t hold papers for that year yet | 65 |
| Status set after a review | 1 |
Of 2,884 years of board papers, 5 are Complete. A year can have more than one reason. These are about what we hold and have checked, not about what an organisation publishes. Each organisation’s page lists its own years.
How reliable the text is
Fewer than 1 in 100 documents have no date we can read
They show “Date unknown” and appear after dated results. We are reading dates from the text of each document and checking them.
About 1 in 100 documents has scanned text flagged for checking
Their text was read automatically from images. They are still searchable, with a note to check the wording against the original.
Sources
- Collected
Board minutes and board packs
Papers from the public board meetings of NHS trusts, health boards and HSC trusts in all four nations, and from their board committees where they’re published. Private (confidential) papers are not included.
- Collected
Prevention of future deaths reports
Reports from coroners in England and Wales, linked to the board papers of the organisations they were sent to.
- Collected
Integrated care boards
Public board papers of England’s integrated care boards, including the boards that merged in April 2026, kept under their old names, and of the clinical commissioning groups before them where their papers are still published.
- Collected
NHS England, the Department of Health and Social Care and other national organisations
Public board papers of NHS England, the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS Resolution, the NHS Business Services Authority, NHS Blood and Transplant, Healthwatch England, the national organisations of NHS Wales and the regional organisations of HSC Northern Ireland.
- Collected
Regulators and safety organisations
Public board papers of the Care Quality Commission, the MHRA, the UK Health Security Agency, HSSIB, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the Human Tissue Authority, the Health Research Authority, the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority in Northern Ireland, and the Care Inspectorate and the Mental Welfare Commission in Scotland. NICE is not collected, because reusing its content needs a paid licence.
- Collected
Integration joint boards
Public papers of Scotland’s integration joint boards, which hold the health and social care budgets that councils and health boards delegate to them. Their committees are not included.
- Collected
Professional regulators
Public council papers of the General Medical Council, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the Health and Care Professions Council, the General Pharmaceutical Council, the General Dental Council, the General Chiropractic Council, the General Optical Council, the General Osteopathic Council and the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland, and board papers of Social Work England and the Professional Standards Authority.
- Not yet collected
Council health scrutiny committees
Where councillors question local NHS leaders in public.
- Collected
Local Healthwatch: an archived record
Board papers and published reports (enter and view visits, annual reports, surveys and engagement reports) of England’s 152 local Healthwatch, kept as a record before the Health Bill abolishes them. Sites that turn our collector away are collected by hand. Healthwatch England is listed with the national organisations.
- Collected
Foundation trust councils of governors
Public papers and minutes.