IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1538 S41
Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Title: SAVAGE, Wendy Diane (b 1935)
Date(s): 1985-1986
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 6 boxes
Name of creator(s): Savage | Wendy Diane | b1935 | lecturer and gynaecologist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Wendy Diane Savage (b 1935), BA, MB, BCh, MRCS, LRCP, MRCOG 1971, FRCOG 1985, is Senior Lecturer in the Academic Department/General Practice and Primary Care at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London (bibliography: Register of Fellows and Members, RCOG, 1997). In 1985 she was suspended from her post at the Royal London Hospital for alleged incompetence. An enquiry was held and in 1986 she was exonerated.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Photocopies of papers relating to the dispute between Professor Wendy Diane Savage with the London Hospital and the Tower Hamlets Health Authority, 1985-1986, in regard to the enquiry into Professor Savage's competence.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Not yet agreed. The records are presently closed to public access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: Wendy Savage.
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:
No further accruals are expected.
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were brought to the RCOG by Professor Savage in 1987 and copied by the Librarian. The copies were later deposited in the Archives.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
The Contemporary Medical Archives Centre of the Wellcome Library holds records covering Professor Savage's career, including another set of records relating to the Savage case (ref: PP/WDS). The Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum hold papers of Professor Savage (ref: PP/SAV), some also relating the public inquiry.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: Biographical details of the individuals who have presented material to the College and/or comprise the subject of the records, have been compiled using information in administrative files and, where relevant, consulting Sir John Peel's book The Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1929-1969, Whitefriars Press Ltd, 1975. Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG.
Date(s) of descriptions: September 2000; March 2002