The Judge Report (1985) or the Report of a Commission on Nursing Education was the report of a committee established by the
Royal College of Nursing
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is a registered trade union and professional body in the United Kingdom for those in the profession of nursing. It was founded in 1916 as the College of Nursing, receiving its royal charter in 1928. Queen Eliz ...
to consider a different approach for nursing education in the United Kingdom.
Context
In 1979, the
Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act was enacted to reorganise training for the professions. The
United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (UKCC) had created working groups but not yet taken policy decisions.
The attrition rate for student nurses at this time was high, with up to 20% failing to complete training and then another 30% failing to qualify.
Committee and research
The committee commissioned research on nursing manpower, which was done by researchers at the
University of Sussex
The University of Sussex is a public university, public research university, research university located in Falmer, East Sussex, England. It lies mostly within the city boundaries of Brighton and Hove. Its large campus site is surrounded by the ...
, and on cost implications, which was done by researchers at the
University of York
The University of York (abbreviated as or ''York'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public Collegiate university, collegiate research university in York, England. Established in 1963, the university has expanded to more than thir ...
Department of Health Economics.
It was chaired by
Harry Judge.
Report
The report, published in 1985,
recommended policy changes including:
* Trainee nurses should no longer be employees of the
National Health Service
The National Health Service (NHS) is the term for the publicly funded health care, publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom: the National Health Service (England), NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care (Northern ...
but should be students funded by bursaries.
* There should be one basic nurse qualification that enables a person to become a registered nurse.
* Curriculums for trainee nurses should enable them to go into both hospital and community nursing and make it possible to go directly into health visiting and midwifery.
It proposed a three-year course with a foundation year, placements in the community, adult nursing and mental health, and then a final year when candidates could take specialised modules.
Impact
In 1986, the UKCC began
Project 2000
Project 2000 was a higher education scheme in the United Kingdom for nursing qualifications, introduced in 1990 by the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (UKCC), later the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) ...
to reform nursing education, which took from some of the recommendations of the Judge Report.
See also
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Project 2000
Project 2000 was a higher education scheme in the United Kingdom for nursing qualifications, introduced in 1990 by the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (UKCC), later the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) ...
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Briggs Report
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Salmon Report
The Salmon Report (1966) or the Salmon Report on Senior Nursing Staff Structure was the report of a committee established to bring standardisation in structure and pay for senior hospital nurses in England and Scotland. The report recommended chan ...
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Platt Report
References
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Health care reports of the United Kingdom government
Nursing education in the United Kingdom
1985 documents
1985 in the United Kingdom