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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Ad Hoc Committee to Advise on Obstetric Analgesia and Anaesthesia Including all Methods of Relief of Pain in Labour


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 RCOG/C6

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: Ad Hoc Committee to Advise on Obstetric Analgesia and Anaesthesia Including all Methods of Relief of Pain in Labour

Date(s): 1970-1975

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 box

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

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Ad Hoc Committee to Advise on Obstetric Analgesia and Anaesthesia including all Methods of Relief of Pain in Labour was established on 28 November 1970. It was formed on the recommendation of the Council of the RCOG, with representatives from the College, Central Midwives Board, Royal College of Midwives, Faculty of Anaesthetists, Association of Obstetric Anaesthetists and British Paediatric Association. It was chaired by Dame Josephine Barnes. The Committee made several reports on its investigations, including submissions to the Department of Health. It was disbanded in 1975.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Ad Hoc Committee to Advise on Obstetric Analgesia and Anaesthesia Including all Methods of Relief of Pain in Labour, 1970-1975, comprising Sir Norman Jeffcoate's correspondence and papers relating to committee matters.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

As set out above in Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

Open, although restrictions apply for items containing personal information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

RCOG/B3/2 have been indexed and the names of successful candidates will be found in the Index to the Guide to the College Archives.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

In 1999 a Disposal Agreement (DA/5) was made between the Administration Department and the College Archives to destroy unsuccessful applications.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Archival history:

Report was transferred to the College Archives in 2002 by the Clinical Governance and Standards Department.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred by the Committee Secretary.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

A microfilm copy of a minute book of the Committee between 1953-1958 is at MR/2.

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.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Analgesia | Anaesthesia | Medical sciences
Childbirth | Obstetrics | Medical sciences
Anaesthesiology

Personal names
Jeffcoate | Sir | Thomas Norman Arthur | 1907-1992 | Knight | obstetrician and gynaecologist

Corporate names
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Places