IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1538 M44
Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Title: Obstetric Flying Squads Survey
Date(s): 1980-1987
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 2 boxes
Name of creator(s): Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The RCOG undertook a survey of obstetric flying squads in 1980 in order to discover what care was provided for obstetric emergencies arising in the community where pre-admission examination or treatment has been considered advisable.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Survey questionnaires of obstetric flying squads, a summary of the survey and correspondence regarding hospital call-out team insurance, 1980-1987.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open 20 years after last date on file.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: 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:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Unknown. It is likely that they came from the President's Office.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
RCOG Archives: President's correspondence and papers re RCOG enquiry into Obstetric Flying Squads for home births, 1980, are at A4/17/59.
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: February 2001