Interpreting Professional Self-Regulation: A History of the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting

by Beach,Abigail

• ISBN13: 9780415230339
• ISBN10: 0415230330
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-08
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Professional Self-Regulationanalyses the contribution made by the UKCC to the development of the nursing profession in this country over the last 30 years. It details the key issues the council grappled with during this time and provides in-depth analyses of the complexity of these issues.

Author Biography

Celia Davies is Professor of Health Care, School of Health and Social Welfare, The Open University Abigail Beach is Research Fellow, School of Health and Social Welfare, The Open University

Table of Contents

List of figures	vii
Foreword	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Abbreviations	xiii
Introduction	xv
PART I The importance of context	1	(72)
`All is not well with nursing': the Briggs Committee and a new statutory framework	3	(21)
Legislation and its aftermath: making a reality of the Council, 1979-83	24	(16)
Three Councils, 1983-98	40	(33)
PART II The agenda develops	73	(68)
The reform of pre-registration education: hopes, fears and realities	75	(22)
Upholding standards of professional conduct	97	(23)
Standards of professional practice: PREPP and after	120	(21)
PART III Stakeholders and standards	141	(100)
Holding the professions together	143	(25)
Widening involvement in the work of regulation	168	(21)
Professional self-regulation in question	189	(15)
Conclusion	204	(37)
Appendices
Appendix 1: Chairmen, Presidents and senior officers	212	(3)
Appendix 2: The work of registration	215	(4)
Appendix 3: Professional conduct: procedures, cases and statistics	219	(12)
Appendix 4: UKCC publications	231	(3)
Appendix 5: Notes on sources	234	(7)
Index	241