Standing Joint Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1538 C4
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	: Standing Joint Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health
Date(s)	: 1949-1997
Level of description	: Series of Joint committees and working parties of the RCOG View parent record
Extent	: 5 boxes and 1 volume
Name of creator(s)	: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and British Paediatric Association (BPA) Standing Joint Committee evolved out of various ad hoc committees of the two bodies set up in the 1940s to discuss issues of mutual concern. The committee lapsed for some time during the 1950s but was officially reconstituted in January 1965 to discuss in particular the staffing structure of maternity units for the care of the newborn (ref: C4/3/1). The joint committee is made up of equal numbers of members of the two organisations. Its remit is to consider matters of common interest to members of both specialities. In 1998 the BPA was reconstituted as the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health (RCPCH). Servicing the RCOG's contribution to this committee is the responsibility of the Committee Secretary, Administration Department.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the Standing Joint Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and British Paediatric Association, later Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health, 1949-1993, mainly from the time of the reconstitution of the committee in 1965 and dealing particularly with staffing structure of maternity units for the care of the newborn. They include Committee agenda, minutes and papers, 1980-1988; Papers and correspondence of the Joint BPA/RCOG Standing Committee on Prematurity, 1949-1954; Correspondence and some minutes largely concerned with the establishment of the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Oxford, 1974-1979; Results of questionnaires circulated when compiling data for the BPA/RCOG discussion document: Midwife and nurse staffing and training for special care and intensive care of the new born, 1978-1980; RCOG/BPA reviews of Maternity Services Advisory Committee reports, 1985-1986; Correspondence and papers relating to Royal College of Physicians working party on neonatal services, 1986; records of multidisciplinary working party on resuscitation of the newborn, 1995-1997; report on fetal abnormalities - guidelines for screening, diagnosis and management, 1997.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English.

System of arrangement:

Arranged in files as given in scope and content.

Conditions governing access:

Records are open for research 20 years after last date in volume or on file.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright is 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:

The custodial history of earlier records is unknown, but most were probably produced by College Presidents as members of the committee. Servicing this committee is the responsibility of the Committee Secretary, Administration department, and more recent records have been transferred by the Secretary.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records are now transferred to the Archives by the Committee Secretary. The report on fetal abnormalities, 1997, was transferred by the Clinical Governance and Standards Department in 2002.

Allied Materials

Related material:

RCOG Archives holds Presidents' correspondence relating to the joint committee, 1979-1990, (Ref: A4/21/33), a file of general correspondence with the BPA, 1992-1993 (Ref: A4/25/28), Presidents' and Honorary Secretaries' files on the BPA/RCOG liaison committee on perinatal care, 1976-1983, (Refs: A4/17/19 and A7/4/22), and minute books of the RCOG/BPA Joint Committee on Neonatal Mortality, 1944-1947, the Joint Standing Committee of RCOG/BPA on prematurity, 1950-1956, and the Joint RCOG/BPA Committee, 1965-1968 (Ref: T10).

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:
September 2000; February 2002