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Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Minimum Standards of Care in Labour Working Party

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1538 M19

Held at: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Title: Minimum Standards of Care in Labour Working Party

Date(s): 1994

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

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

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The working party first met on 16 July 1993; the Chairman was Professor M J Whittle, Professor of Fetal Medicine at the University of Birmingham. Representatives from the General Practitioners and Midwifery Service were present, also other Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologists. The terms of reference were: a) To consider and develop suggestions made by the British Paediatric Association (BPA)/RCOG Joint Standing Committee regarding facilities required for childbirth in different settings. b) To define minimum standards of staffing, facilities and organisation in each setting for the guidance of managers, clinical directors and health professionals.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Report of the Working Party on Minimum Standards of Care in Labour, June 1994.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

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:

The official records of the working party are scheduled for appraisal in 2005.

Accruals:

Further accruals are expected.

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The final report was passed to the Archives by the Deputy College Secretary's Office in August 2000, together with the official records of the working party.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

RCOG Archives hold the records of the BPA/RCOG Joint Standing Committee (Ref: C4); records of an ad-hoc joint committee on pain relief in labour (Ref: C6).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG.