Hi there Clive,
I think the important part of your comment lies in "if necessary", with someone (allegedly important) thinking that it's probably not, going forward. If "health" literature, policy and evidence is anything to go by, archiving means never to be found ever again if "they" can possibly help it, a bit like burying bad news, etc. There are those who would argue that ideologically, the mythical "they" are trying to make it too hard for all but the most zealous to keep track of anything..... we are after all well into information management in the run up to the Election next May.
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All - at the risk of sounding daft, is there any significant consequence for published guidance being "archived"? Archiving doesn't mean withdrawal so old stuff is just put on the back shelf where it can be got down and dusted off if necessary, or am I missing the point?
Cheers
Clive
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