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26-478: The Minister of Health set up a Committee on Senior Nursing Staff Structure in 1963, to bring standardisation of structure and pay for hospital nurses. The Committee, under Brian Salmon, issued a report in 1966 (now known as the Salmon Report ), which recommended a hierarchy of nursing grades leading up to chief nursing officer. In March 1970, at a time of pay disputes and nurses' strikes, another larger committee

52-829: Is a Scottish judge who has been President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom since January 2020. He was the principal judge in the Commercial Court in Scotland before being promoted to the Inner House of the Court of Session in 2008. He is an authority on human rights law in Scotland and elsewhere; he served as one of the UK's ad hoc judges at the European Court of Human Rights . He

78-476: Is currently held by Wes Streeting , who has served since 5 July 2024. Corresponding to what is generally known as a health minister in many other countries, the health secretary's remit includes the following: The first Boards of Health were created by Orders in the Council dated 21 June, 14 November, and 21 November 1831. In 1848, a General Board of Health was established with lay members in leadership roles and

104-691: The Central Nursing and Midwifery Council , should oversee professional standards, education and discipline, rather than the three existing organisations, the General Nursing Council , the Central Midwives Board and the Council for the Training of Health Visitors. The structural changes recommended by the report were so complex that they were not accepted until 1974. They were not implemented until

130-563: The Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong . On 30 March 2022, he tendered his resignation as a Hong Kong judge, citing concerns about the national security law . Reed was appointed Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in May 2018, succeeding Lord Mance on his retirement. He was sworn into the new position on 6 June 2018. On 25 January 2019, he was made an Honorary Fellow of The Academy of Experts in recognition of his contribution and work for Expert Witnesses. On 24 July 2019,

156-620: The Department of Health played a larger role than it does now in the coordination of health policy across Great Britain. Health services in Northern Ireland have always had separate arrangements from the rest of the UK and are currently the responsibility of the health minister in the Northern Ireland Executive . A small number of health issues remain reserved matters , meaning they are not devolved. According to Jeremy Hunt ,

182-570: The Department of Health and Social Security on 25 July 1988. Since devolution in 1999, the position holder's responsibility for the NHS is mainly restricted to the health service in England , while the holders' counterparts in Scotland and Wales are responsible for the NHS in Scotland and Wales . Prior to devolution, the secretaries of state for Scotland and Wales had those respective responsibilities, but

208-620: The School of Law of the University of Glasgow since 2006. On 20 December 2011, it was announced that Reed would replace the late Lord Rodger of Earlsferry as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom . He was sworn in on 6 February 2012. Lord Reed was Convener of the Children in Scotland Board from February 2006–March 2012. On 31 May 2017, he assumed office as a Non-Permanent Judge of

234-467: The first commissioner of woods and forests as its president. In 1854, this board was reconstituted, and the president was appointed separately. However, the board was abolished in 1858, and its function of overseeing local boards was transferred to a new Local Government Act Office within the Home Office. From 1871, that function was transferred to the new Local Government Board . The Ministry of Health

260-502: The health secretary , is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom , responsible for the work of the Department of Health and Social Care . The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom . The position can trace its roots back to the nineteenth century, and has been a secretary of state position since 1968. For 30 years, from 1988 to 2018, the position

286-532: The House of Lords on 16 January. Writing for the UK Constitutional Law Association, Lewis Graham of the University of Oxford examined the empirical evidence relating to judgements of the Supreme Court under Reed up to April 2022, and found that it has been "more conservative when it comes to public law" compared to previous years. Lord Reed's judgments are characterised by an in-depth analysis of

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312-523: The Queen declared her intention to appoint him President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and to raise him to the peerage. He succeeded Baroness Hale of Richmond as President on 11 January 2020 on her retirement and on the same day was created a life peer as Baron Reed of Allermuir , of Sundridge Park in the London Borough of Bromley . He was sworn in as president on 13 January and introduced to

338-615: The United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting (Electoral Scheme) Order of 1982. The Committee recommended reducing the age of entry to nursing training and offering an alternative form of training to the 2- or 3-year course in the form of 18 months training leading to certification, with the option to later pursue further training to obtain full registered nurse status. Another suggested change in education suggested dedicated nursing colleges be created and that student nurses not be treated as part of

364-511: The country's College of Justice , in 1998, with the judicial title Lord Reed . He sat initially as a Judge of the Outer House , becoming Principal Commercial Judge in 2006. He has been one of the United Kingdom's ad hoc judges at the European Court of Human Rights , and sat in the Grand Chamber judgements on the appeals of the killers of James Bulger in 1999. Between 2002 and 2004, Reed

390-578: The department receives more letters than any other government department, and there are 50 officials in the correspondence unit. Colour key (for political parties):     Whig     Conservative     Radical     Peelite     Liberal     Labour     Unionist     National Labour     National Liberal Robert Reed, Baron Reed of Allermuir Robert John Reed, Baron Reed of Allermuir , PC , FRSE (born 7 September 1956)

416-485: The ordinary labour force of the NHS . The Report suggested that basic nurse education be followed by Branch specialisation, with trainee nurses choosing to select from adult, children, mental health and learning disability nursing specialisms. It recommended that a new professional group was required to work with the "mentally handicapped". In the mid-1970s, some areas began to introduce these specialist nurses. Nurse-led research

442-719: The report called it a "breakthrough" that "set in train the first radical reform of nurse education since Nightingale ." Secretary of State for Health and Social Care King Charles III [REDACTED] William, Prince of Wales [REDACTED] Charles III ( King-in-Council ) [REDACTED] Starmer ministry ( L ) Keir Starmer ( L ) Angela Rayner ( L ) ( King-in-Parliament ) [REDACTED] Charles III [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The Lord Reed The Lord Hodge Andrew Bailey Monetary Policy Committee The secretary of state for health and social care , also referred to as

468-856: Was President of the EU Forum of Judges for the Environment from 2006 to 2008, now serving as Vice-President. He was a member of the Advisory Board of the British Institute for International and Comparative Law from 2001 to 06, and of the UN Task Force on Access to Justice since 2006. He is Convener of the charity Children in Scotland (since 2006) and Chairman of the University of Edinburgh Centre for Commercial Law (since 2008). He has been an Honorary Professor of Law at Glasgow Caledonian University since 2005, and

494-650: Was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1983. Reed was Standing Junior Counsel to the Scottish Education Department from 1988 to 1989, and to the Scottish Office Home and Health Department from 1989 to 1995. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1995, and Advocate Depute in 1996. He was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice , a judge of the Court of Session and High Court of Justiciary ,

520-505: Was also a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong . Reed was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh (where he was dux ), and studied at the School of Law of the University of Edinburgh , taking a first class honours LLB degree and winning a Vans Dunlop Scholarship. He then obtained a DPhil at Balliol College, Oxford , with a doctoral thesis on "Legal Control of Government Assistance to Industry", and

546-621: Was also recognised as of value by the report. It argued that "a sense of the need for research should become part of the mental equipment of every practicing nurse or midwife" although the number engaged in active research would be small. Recommendations from the Briggs Report were not implemented until 1979. when it formed the basis of the Midwives and Health Visitors Act (1979). It led to a move away from apprenticeship style training for nurses. A Royal College of Nursing review written 50 years after

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572-672: Was an expert advisor to the EU/ Council of Europe Joint Initiative with Turkey. He was promoted to the Inner House (First Division) in 2008, and appointed to the Privy Council . He sat on the UK Supreme Court during the illness of Lord Rodger of Earlsferry , along with Lord Clarke , and succeeded Lord Rodger. He has been Chairman of the Franco-British Judicial Co-operation Committee since 2005, and

598-630: Was created by the Ministry of Health Act 1919 as a reconstruction of the Local Government Board. Local government functions were eventually transferred to the minister of housing and local government , leaving the Health Ministry in charge of health matters. From 1968, it was amalgamated with the Ministry of Social Security under the secretary of state for social services , until the de-merger of

624-462: Was established by Richard Crossman , Secretary of State and head of the Department of Health and Social Security, with the remit: To review the role of the nurse and midwife in the hospital and community and the education and training required for that role, so that the best use is made of available manpower to meet present needs and the needs of the integrated health service. This Committee on Nursing

650-467: Was expected to issue a report with wider-ranging recommendations for the future of nursing, midwifery and health visiting. The Committee on Nursing was headed by historian Asa Briggs . Other members of the committee included: In October 1972, the Committee on Nursing presented its report to Parliament . The Committee made 75 main recommendations. The Briggs report suggested that a single statutory body,

676-507: Was titled Secretary of State for Health , before Prime Minister Theresa May added "and Social Care" to the designation in the 2018 British cabinet reshuffle . The officeholder works alongside other health and social care ministers . The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow secretary of state for health and social care , and the secretary of state is also scrutinised by the Health and Social Care Select Committee . The position

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