By the 1960s, problems with recruitment of nurses to the National Health Service had been identified by studies, questionnaires, and job analyses.
[2] The RCN established a committee chaired by Platt to look at nursing education and suggest ways to reduce loss of staff during training or soon afterwards.
Committee members included Annie Altschul, Barbara Fawkes, Catherine Hall, John Greene Grace Margery Westbrook and Winifred Hector.
[5] The Platt Report recommended that student nurses remained employees funded by Regional Health Authorities and paid a grant.
[6] It recommended different courses for state registered nurses (SRN) and state enrolled nurses (SEN), with a SEN required to complete two years' training and have their name on a roll and an SRN a three-year training programme and have their name on a professional register.