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- 1978-1985 (Creation)
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1 box
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Name of creator
Biographical history
The working party was set up by the College President in 1984 to "look into ways of improving the management of parents who had had a stillbirth or neonatal death" (Guidance notes in the minute book of the working party; see M16M/1). This body was also known as the working party on the management of perinatal deaths. Its Chairman was R D Atlay FRCOG.
Archival history
GB 1538 M16 1978-1985 Collection (fonds) 1 box Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
The working party was set up by the College President in 1984 to "look into ways of improving the management of parents who had had a stillbirth or neonatal death" (Guidance notes in the minute book of the working party; see M16M/1). This body was also known as the working party on the management of perinatal deaths. Its Chairman was R D Atlay FRCOG.
As the bulk of records in the series comprise the papers of R D Atlay, Chairman of the working party and also Honorary Secretary of the RCOG, the material was probably passed to the Archives by Mr Atlay's secretary. An exception is the President's correspondence at M16/2, which was transferred by the President's P A in c1985.
Papers of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Stillbirth and neonatal death/management of perinatal deaths working party, comprising background papers and correspondence, 1983-1984; President's background papers and correspondence, 1978-1985; Committee chairman's correspondence and papers on publication of report, 1984-1986; background literature and chairman's papers, 1983-1984; Chairman's correspondence and papers, 1984-1985; Report of the RCOG Working Party on the Management of Perinatal Deaths, with circulation list, 1985; minute book of the working party, 1984.
No further accruals are expected.
Open 20 years after last date on file.
Copyright: 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 hold a microfilm copy of the working party's minute book (Ref: MR/16).
RCOG Archives holds the President's Office files on this subject, 1981-1993(Ref: A4/25/79, A4/25/171-173); records of a contemporary joint working party of the Royal Colleges and the Department of Health on perinatal mortality, 1981-1985 (Ref: C16).
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. February 2001; February 2002 Associations Birth Death Health Health policy Human reproduction Life cycle Maternal and child health Medical sciences Medical treatment Obstetrics Organizations Paediatrics Physiology Pregnancy Professional associations Reproductive cycle Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists , Stillbirth and Neonatal Death/Management of Perinatal Deaths Working Party Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists x British College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Surgery Therapy
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
As the bulk of records in the series comprise the papers of R D Atlay, Chairman of the working party and also Honorary Secretary of the RCOG, the material was probably passed to the Archives by Mr Atlay's secretary. An exception is the President's correspondence at M16/2, which was transferred by the President's P A in c1985.
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Scope and content
Papers of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Stillbirth and neonatal death/management of perinatal deaths working party, comprising background papers and correspondence, 1983-1984; President's background papers and correspondence, 1978-1985; Committee chairman's correspondence and papers on publication of report, 1984-1986; background literature and chairman's papers, 1983-1984; Chairman's correspondence and papers, 1984-1985; Report of the RCOG Working Party on the Management of Perinatal Deaths, with circulation list, 1985; minute book of the working party, 1984.
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Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
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Conditions governing access
Open 20 years after last date on file.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright: vested in the College.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
RCOG Archives holds the President's Office files on this subject, 1981-1993(Ref: A4/25/79, A4/25/171-173); records of a contemporary joint working party of the Royal Colleges and the Department of Health on perinatal mortality, 1981-1985 (Ref: C16).
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.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
RCOG Archives hold a microfilm copy of the working party's minute book (Ref: MR/16).
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- Organizations » Associations
- Life cycle » Birth
- Life cycle » Death
- Health
- Health » Health policy
- Physiology » Human reproduction
- Life cycle
- Health » Health policy » Maternal and child health
- Medical sciences
- Therapy » Medical treatment
- Organizations
- Physiology
- Physiology » Human reproduction » Pregnancy
- Organizations » Associations » Professional associations
- Medical sciences » Surgery
- Therapy
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Rules and/or conventions used
National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997; ISAD(G), Second Edition, 2000.
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Language(s)
- English