Collection H18 - WOOLWICH GROUP HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Identity area

Reference code

H18

Title

WOOLWICH GROUP HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Date(s)

  • 1935-1974 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2.67 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee was set up in 1948 with the creation of the National Health Service, to administer the Woolwich Memorial Hospital and the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies (Woolwich). It was dissolved during 1974 as part of the National Health Service reorganisation.

Archival history

H18 1935-1974 Collection 2.67 linear metres Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee

The Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee was set up in 1948 with the creation of the National Health Service, to administer the Woolwich Memorial Hospital and the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies (Woolwich). It was dissolved during 1974 as part of the National Health Service reorganisation.

ACC/2173

Records of the Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee, comprising correspondence files, 1935-1974, on subjects including the Endowment and Amenities Fund; land and buildings of the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies; the constitution and reorganisation of the National Health Service; maternity services at the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies; the Medical Planning and Joint Health Services Committee; the standardisation of medical records; training schools for nurses; staff appointments and resignations and the Group Officers and Hospital Secretaries' Meeting.

In sections according to catalogue.

These records are open to public inspection, although under section 5(4) of the 1958 Public Records Act administrative records are closed for 30 years and patient records for 100 years.

Copyright: Depositor
English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For related records see: British Hospital for Mothers and Babies (reference: H14/BMB); Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee (catalogue reference: H44/WG); Greenwich and Bexley Area Health Authority (catalogue reference: H44/GB); Woolwich Memorial Hospital (catalogue reference: H44/WMH) and Saint Nicholas' Hospital, Plumstead (catalogue reference: H20/NIC).

Compiled in compliance with 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. February 2009 Hospital architecture Architecture Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee Memorial Hospital x Woolwich and District Hospital Association War Memorial Hospital , 1931-1938 x Woolwich and District War Memorial Hospital x Woolwich and District Hospital Association Cottage Hospital x Woolwich and Plumstead Cottage Hospital Womens hospitals Maternity services Information sources Documents Medical records Higher science education Medical education Nursing education Medical institutions History Personal history Medical history Health services Hospitals Hospital administration The Home for Mothers and Babies x British Hospital for Mothers and Babies Greenwich London England UK Western Europe Hertfordshire Woolwich Europe Primary documents

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

ACC/2173

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee, comprising correspondence files, 1935-1974, on subjects including the Endowment and Amenities Fund; land and buildings of the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies; the constitution and reorganisation of the National Health Service; maternity services at the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies; the Medical Planning and Joint Health Services Committee; the standardisation of medical records; training schools for nurses; staff appointments and resignations and the Group Officers and Hospital Secretaries' Meeting.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

In sections according to catalogue.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are open to public inspection, although under section 5(4) of the 1958 Public Records Act administrative records are closed for 30 years and patient records for 100 years.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright: Depositor

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For related records see: British Hospital for Mothers and Babies (reference: H14/BMB); Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee (catalogue reference: H44/WG); Greenwich and Bexley Area Health Authority (catalogue reference: H44/GB); Woolwich Memorial Hospital (catalogue reference: H44/WMH) and Saint Nicholas' Hospital, Plumstead (catalogue reference: H20/NIC).

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with 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.

Status

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

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