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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Joint Standing Committee of the RCOG and the Royal College of Midwives

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 RCOG/C25

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: Joint Standing Committee of the RCOG and the Royal College of Midwives

Date(s): 1988-2001

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 3 files

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

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The first meeting of the Joint Standing Committee of the RCOG and RCM took place on 11 May 1988. The objectives of the Committee were to "consider and make recommendations on matters of common interest to parent bodies". It did not have an executive function and reported to the Councils of the RCM and RCOG; meetings took place at least twice a year.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Joint Standing Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Midwives, 1988-2001, comprising agenda, minutes and papers for the working party, 1988-2001.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As set out above in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

Open, although restrictions apply for items containing personal information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

RCOG/B3/2 have been indexed and the names of successful candidates will be found in the Index to the Guide to the College Archives.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

In 1999 a Disposal Agreement (DA/5) was made between the Administration Department and the College Archives to destroy unsuccessful applications.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Archival history:

Report was transferred to the College Archives in 2002 by the Clinical Governance and Standards Department.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The published reports from 1988 on gynaecological pathology and on fetal and perinatal pathology were found in the SAC files on the respective working parties (refs: B10/2/40-41). Records on the 1998 working party on fetal and perinatal pathology were transferred from the Administration Department in 2003.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Microfilm copies of the minute books are at MR/7 (volume I), MR/8 (volume II) and MR/9 (volume III).

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Imported from the RCOG catalogue and edited by Sarah Drewery.