{{Short description|1972 report on social work in the UK}}

The '''Butterworth Report''' (1972) or the '''Report of the Butterworth Inquiry Into the Work and Pay of Probation Officers and Social Workers''' was a report published by a committee headed by Jack Butterworth, Baron Butterworth and commissioned by the Department for Employment to study the work and pay of social workers in England, Scotland and Wales.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Butterworth |first1=J. B. (Chairman) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PhfizQEACAAJ |title=Report of the Butterworth Inquiry Into the Work and Pay of Probation Officers and Social Workers. Cmnd 5076 |last2=Employment |first2=Great Britain Department of |date=1972 |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction= |title=Butterworth Inquiry |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/1972-11-27/debates/6d120aa9-8081-4938-95f2-e3dcd4b43999/ButterworthInquiry |house=Commons |date=27 November 1972 |column=26 |speaker= |position=}}</ref> It advocated for local setting of priorities to prevent services from becoming overwhelmed by demand.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Marshall |first=G. |date=June 1973 |title=Butterworth Report |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/026455057301900204 |journal=Probation |language=en |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=44–47 |doi=10.1177/026455057301900204 |s2cid=220941319 |issn=0048-539X|url-access=subscription }}</ref> It also noted that there were discrepancies in pay and prospects for those working in the National Health Service compared with those employed by local authorities.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1972-12-02 |title=Cogwheel and the medical social worker. |journal=BMJ |language=en |volume=4 |issue=5839 |pages=543–544 |doi=10.1136/bmj.4.5839.543 |issn=0959-8138|pmc=1588367 |last1=Walker |first1=D. L. |last2=Morphew |first2=J. A. |pmid=4642797 }}</ref>

== See also ==

* Seebohm Report * Mayston Report * Salmon Report

== References == {{reflist}}

Category:1972 documents Category:1972 in the United Kingdom Category:Social work organisations in the United Kingdom