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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Joint Medico-Legal Committee of the RCOG and Medical Defence Societies


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 C14

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: Joint Medico-Legal Committee of the RCOG and Medical Defence Societies

Date(s): 1985-1998

Level of description: Series of Joint committees and working parties of the RCOG

Extent: 2 boxes, 2 volumes

Name of creator(s): Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Committee was established in 1987. It consisted of representatives from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and one representative from each of the three Defence Societies; the Medical Protection Society, the Medical Defence Union and the Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland, plus a senior solicitor and an observer from the DHSS. Its remit was to advise the RCOG Council of the RCOG and the Defence Societies on medico-legal matters as they related to obstetrics and gynaecology. The Committee's secretariat was based at the RCOG. The Committee was disbanded in 1998.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Joint Medico-Legal Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Medical Defence Societies, 1985-1998, comprising correspondence files of the Committee, papers on the background to its establishment, some minutes of meetings and publications, including How to Avoid Medico-Legal Problems in Obstetrics and Gynaecology; edited by G Chamberlain & C Orr, 1990.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English.

System of arrangement:

Arranged in files as given in scope and content.

Conditions governing access:

Open 20 years after last date on file, other than papers marked confidential which are closed for 75 years.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright is vested in the College.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

A key to the 1991 correspondence is at the front of the relevant file (C14/1/5). A general index to the files listed in the catalogue of the Archives of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is maintained in the College Archives; refer to the College Archivist.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The records were maintained by the College's Committee Secretary and transferred at regular intervals to the Archives.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

RCOG Archives holds Presidents' papers relating to the Committee, 1988-1994, (Ref: A4/21/140 and A4/25/153) and files on litigation generally, 1984-1992 (Ref: A4/25/136-138); the Honorary Secretary's papers concerning litigation, 1987-1990 (Ref: A7/6/5); joint meetings of the RCOG and medical defence societies between 1986 and 1989 on how to avoid legal problems in obstetrics and gynaecology (Refs: E4/49, E4/58, E4/114 and E4/130).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG.

Rules or conventions: National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.

Date(s) of descriptions: September 2000; February 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Gynaecology | Medical sciences
Legal systems | Law
Obstetrics | Medical sciences
Surgery | Medical sciences
Legal theory

Personal names

Corporate names
Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland
Medical Defence Union
Medical Protection Society
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Medical Defence Societies | Joint Medico-Legal Committee
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists x British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

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