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- 1935-1974 (Creation)
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2.67 linear metres
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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.
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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).
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ACC/2173
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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.
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Accruals
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In sections according to catalogue.
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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
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English
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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).
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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.
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- English