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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Scottish Standing Committee / Scottish Executive Committee


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 RCOG/B11

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: Scottish Standing Committee / Scottish Executive Committee

Date(s): 1950-2006

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 4 boxes, 1 volume

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

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Committee was founded by Council in 1950 as a standing committee of the RCOG, its terms of reference were: 'to advise the Council on matters relating to the National Health Act in Scotland'. (extract from Council minutes 20 May 1950: reference T16 p.1). Its first meeting was held on 17 July 1950 in Edinburgh, and committee meetings took place regularly in either Edinburgh or Glasgow. In 1968 following discussions with Council, the Committee was reconstituted as an executive sub-committee of Council. The new terms of reference of the Scottish Executive Committee were "to advise Council on matters relating to legislation and practice in Scotland affecting the objects and interests of its members, and to communicate on behalf of Council with the appropriate Scottish authorities on these matters and others of particular relevance to Scotland". By 2008 its remit was more general: "to advise on specialty-related matters within Scotland; to keep under review the provision of training and service; to monitor and advise on workforce issues". Minutes of all meetings were kept by the secretary and submitted to RCOG Council, this practice continues today.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Scottish Standing Committee / Scottish Executive Committee, 1950-2006, comprising copy minutes and papers held by the College in London, 1950-1990 and a publication on the future of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Scotland, 2006.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As set out above in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

These records are closed because they contain information about planning and policy.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

An alphabetical list of founder Members is available from the College Archivist. This is list has been copied from the first Annual Report 1929-1930 and there is also a copy from the fifth Annual Report 1934.

The College Archives holds card indexes of deceased and living MRCOG holders between 1929 and 1998. The indexes note the date of admission to the MRCOG.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Records of the College Secretary's Office are transferred to the Archives as reference ceases and disposed of in accordance with Disposal Agreement No 4 between the College Secretary and the Archivist.

Accruals:

Minutes for the Scottish Committee are no longer maintained as a separate series; copy minutes are now submitted to and retained with Council minutes and papers at A2.

Archival history:

Several early catalogues were not transferred and are no longer extant.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The loose minutes were probably extracted from Presidents' files.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Microfilm copies of the minute books at T16 (1950-1968) and B11M/1 (1977-1985) are at MR/4 and MR/31 respectively.

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Import: Oct 2008; edit: Feb 2009.


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