The story of
Sir Ludwig Guttmann and the birth of the Paralympic Games
In the summer of 1948, neurologist Ludwig Guttmann set up a sporting competition between patients. It was the birth of the Paralympic Games.
Series
Department of Health: Maternity Services Advisory Committee: Minutes and Papers
Catalogue reference: JA 382
What's it about?
JA 382
This series contains the meetings and papers of the Maternity Services Advisory Committee; the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit Steering Group; the Departmental Memorandum on delivery; postnatal care and neonatal care; Health Select Committee...
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- JA 382
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Health: Maternity Services Advisory Committee: Minutes and Papers
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1980-2006
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
This series contains the meetings and papers of the Maternity Services Advisory Committee; the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit Steering Group; the Departmental Memorandum on delivery; postnatal care and neonatal care; Health Select Committee (HSC) report on Preconception Care and the Working Party on Recombinant DNA Technology, including proposals to establish the Advisory Committee on Gene Modification Therapy
-
Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
-
There are related files on hospital maternity services in File Office H:
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- PSN and AAS prefix
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
-
- Department of Health, 1988-1988
- Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 442 file(s)
-
Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
-
Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
-
From 2018 Department of Health
-
Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
-
- Topics
- Medicine
-
Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Prefix was issued to File Office 173 12/5/1981 and transferred to File Office 174 at the DRO census 5/2/1990. The prefix was noted as closed 13/11/1997 but at the branch audit 18/5/1999 the prefix was still in use and was then reopened. It was finally closed at audit visit in 9/11/2000
-
Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
-
Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Routine files on individual maternity hospitals, research projects, statistics and performance indicators have not been selected
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13527248/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
43,575 records
Within the department: JA
Records created or inherited by the Department of Health (1988-)
You are currently looking at the series: JA 382
Department of Health: Maternity Services Advisory Committee: Minutes and Papers
You may be interested in
-
-
Record revealed
A misleading Victorian medical device
Unexpectedly surviving among some court papers, this medical belt was one of a number of Victorian devices that claimed to use the power of electricity to cure. -
The story of
Sophia Jex-Blake, pioneer of women's medicine
Sophia Jex-Blake (1840–1912) was a physician and campaigner who fought for women’s access to university education.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.