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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Joint Colleges forum of the RCOG, RCGP and RCM on maternity services for the 1990s

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 C15

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: Joint Colleges forum of the RCOG, RCGP and RCM on maternity services for the 1990s

Date(s): 1992

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

Extent: 1 folder

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

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

In 1991 the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) instituted a series of joint meetings to consider maternity services in the light of changes in the organisation of the National Health Service, advances in clinical knowledge, and changes in the social framework in which general practitioners, midwives and obstetricians operated. The result was the production of a joint document on maternity care. A draft version of this document was also submitted to the House of Commons Health Committee Enquiry into Maternity Services.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence files of the joint meetings to discuss maternity care in the new National Health Service of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Committee, including papers on the background to its establishment, from 1985-1992, including minutes of meetings and publications, particularly RCOG, RCGP & RCM, Maternity Care in the New NHS: A Joint Approach, July 1992.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English.

System of arrangement:

Arranged in files as given in scope and content.

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright is vested in the College.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

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:

Only the joint document has survived at the RCOG from these joint meetings; the whereabouts of the official record is not known at this time.

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

RCOG Archives holds a copy of the College's individual response to this enquiry with related correspondence (Ref: M46), and some correspondence of College Presidents relating to earlier meetings between the RCOG and RCM from 1986-1990 (Ref: A4/21/134-135 and A4/25/122). Also correspondence of the President relating to the enquiry and other matters, 1991-1993 (Ref: A4/25/113-116).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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