Ad Hoc Committee on Staffing Structure of Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1538 M29
Held at	: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.rcog.org.uk/en/guidelines-research-services/library-services/archives-and-heritage/archives/ ›
Full title	: Ad Hoc Committee on Staffing Structure of Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Date(s)	: 1971-1973
Level of description	: Collection (fonds) View parent record
Extent	: 1 box, 1 volume
Name of creator(s)	: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

This committee was first convened in May 1972 under the chairmanship of Norman Jeffcoate PRCOG. Its terms of reference were "to consider the medical staffing at all levels in hospital departments of obstetrics and gynaecology in the United Kingdom in relation to training, service and career structure" (minute book, meeting 23 June 1972: Archives reference M29M/1). The committee was asked also to bear in mind the staffing situation that existed at the time, registrar "freeze" and the limited opportunities for trainees to secure promotion to senior registrar and consultant status. Seven meetings were held with Sir Norman Jeffcoate and later Sir Stanley Clayton in the chair. The Medical Officer of the Department of Health, Dr W J Modle, joined the committee on one occasion. The committee reported to Council in 1973.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence of Sir Norman Jeffcoate and Sir Stanley Clayton, background papers, copy minutes and the final report, 1971-1973, of the RCOG Ad hoc committee on staffing structure of departments of obstetrics and gynaecology.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

There is no discernable order in the correspondence and papers.

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright: vested in the College.

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

Archival history:

It is probable that these records were removed from the President's files and placed in this series, then passed to the Archives.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

RCOG Archives hold College secretary's files relating to this committee, 1973-1978 (Ref: A8/31); records of a later RCOG manpower working party to consider staffing structures for obstetrics and gynaecology in relation to standards of practice, training and service, 1978-1980 (Ref: M31).

Publication note:

Description Notes

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