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- 1981-1985 (Creation)
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In November 1981 a meeting was set up at the instigation of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists between representatives of the Department of Health and Social Security, Royal College of General Practitioners, British Paediatric Association, Royal College of Midwives and the RCOG to discuss the implications of establishing a system of confidential inquiry into perinatal mortality throughout England and Wales. After further discussions the committee was reconvened in 1984 as an interdisciplinary working party, with the objective of producing a document on guidelines.
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The series comprises the records of the Committee Secretary, Ms Elizabeth Richards of the RCOG, arranged chronologically.
GB 1538 C16 1981-1985 Series of Joint committees and working parties of the RCOG 1 box Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
In November 1981 a meeting was set up at the instigation of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists between representatives of the Department of Health and Social Security, Royal College of General Practitioners, British Paediatric Association, Royal College of Midwives and the RCOG to discuss the implications of establishing a system of confidential inquiry into perinatal mortality throughout England and Wales. After further discussions the committee was reconvened in 1984 as an interdisciplinary working party, with the objective of producing a document on guidelines.
The series comprises the records of the Committee Secretary, Ms Elizabeth Richards of the RCOG, arranged chronologically.
Papers of the Ad hoc committee/interdisciplinary working party on the confidential enquiry into perinatal mortality, 1981-1985, comprising correspondence on setting up the meetings, copies of minutes, draft guidelines and comments.
No further accruals are expected.
Arranged chronologically in files as given in scope and content.
Open 20 years after last date on file
Copyright is vested in the College.
English.
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.
RCOG Archives holds correspondence of College Presidents relating to the enquiry, 1978-1984(Ref: A4/17/48-49 and A4/25/171-173); later correspondence relating to perinatal mortality, 1989-1993 (Ref: A4/25/79); records of a contemporary RCOG working party into the management of perinatal deaths, 1984-1985 Ref: M16).
Compiled by Clare Cowling, Archivist, RCOG. National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000. September 2000; February 2002 Administration Administrative structure Child mortality Mortality Population dynamics Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists , Ad Hoc Committee/Interdisciplinary Working Party on the Confidential Enquiry into Perinatal Mortality Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists x British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Organisation and management
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Papers of the Ad hoc committee/interdisciplinary working party on the confidential enquiry into perinatal mortality, 1981-1985, comprising correspondence on setting up the meetings, copies of minutes, draft guidelines and comments.
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No further accruals are expected.
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Arranged chronologically in files as given in scope and content.
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Open 20 years after last date on file
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Copyright is vested in the College.
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- English
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- Latin
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English.
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RCOG Archives holds correspondence of College Presidents relating to the enquiry, 1978-1984(Ref: A4/17/48-49 and A4/25/171-173); later correspondence relating to perinatal mortality, 1989-1993 (Ref: A4/25/79); records of a contemporary RCOG working party into the management of perinatal deaths, 1984-1985 Ref: M16).
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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.
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National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.
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- English