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The article looks at the challenges and rewards of digitization of health records in Great Britain. A particular focus is given to a digital system called eHospital used by Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust. It is noted that electronic records provide nurses and other clinicians faster access to more comprehensive patient information. The advantage of electronic health records to the management of teams is also discussed.

The article examines key healthcare changes proposed in the white paper "Liberating the NHS," published by Great Britain's health secretary Andrew Lansley on July 12, 2010. The healthcare reform plans to place patients at the centre of health decisions, base quality measures on outcomes, and allow patients to control their health records.

As the government prepares to spend £4 billion on a drive for a paperless NHS, nurses might well ask: what does it mean for me? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To millions, Ian Philip is a man who appears on television every morning to help viewers delay the signs of ageing. But to millions more who do not know him, he could be the saviour of a healthier old age. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A controversial health white paper that could see around £80 billion of spending handed to GPs is based on Liberal Democrat principles, the party's health minister Paul Burstow said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A letter to the editor is presented regarding a campaign to oppose the British government's white paper proposals about changes to the National Health Service (NHS).

The article presents a summary of the key points of the British National Health Service (NHS) white paper concerning NHS reorganization.

The article focuses on the promotion of the nursing profession in Great Britain. Local papers play a critical role when trying to reaching out to the general public. They possess distinct ability of capturing the attention of readers by presenting a neighborhood at an angle that truly characterizes the local community.

Describes the published consultation paper on the smokefree elements of the Health Improvement and Protection Bill in Great Britain. Consolidation of psychiatric units with seafarers' quarters; Issues about residences that are also workplaces; Need to define psychiatric and nurse.

Reports nursing home owners' criticism on the British government's green paper on adult social care. Opinion that the government is "wooly" and "one-sided" in its vision for the future of care homes; Provisions of the draft document.

Reports on the launch of a research position paper by the Royal College of Nursing in London, England on the promotion of excellence in care through research and development. Improvement of medical care and nursing practice; Encouragement of nurses to carry out research.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article in the August 17, 2011 issue that was concerned with the budget of Great Britain's National Health Service.

'Madcap' government plans to abolish primary care trusts (PCTs) and transfer commissioning to GPs must be halted, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham warned last week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports several issues surrounding the regulation of healthcare assistants (HCAs) in Great Britain. Nurses' labor unions were disappointed after they found that the regulation of the HCA has not been included in the guidelines of the health regulation Trust, Assistance and Safety. Jane Naish, Royal College of Nursing public policy health adviser, asserts that the HCAs should be regulated because they have intimate contact with patients and it provides more protection to patients.

Unions are demanding urgent face-to-face talks with ministers after leaked documents revealed government plans to impose a cap on nurses' pay from 2008, despite its own prediction that there will be severe nurse shortages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the comments of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) on tabloid newspaper that published racy pictures featuring nurses in Great Britain. A spokesperson for NMC expressed that the photos are portraying an outdated stereotype of nurses and that the tabloid should grow up and throw away those images. NMC is revising its Code of Professional Conduct and it may include advice on the proper engagement of nurses with the media.

Reports that a newspaper's claims that nurses and other carers are abusing older patients in Great Britain are founded.

This article considers best practice in record-keeping and documentation in the light of recent public inquiries and reports, renewed national interest in record-keeping standards, and the challenge of moving from paper to electronic healthcare documentation and digital storage of data. The nature of the nurse-patient relationship is also changing, and should be reflected in nurses' record-keeping practices. Collaborative approaches to the planning and evaluation of care, and more emphasis on patients having a greater sense of ownership of information held about them should be reflected in nurses' and other healthcare professionals' attitudes and approaches to this aspect of practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the highlights of a paper about mental capacity law. Topics covered include the need to undertake a capacity assessment to determine whether a person lacks capacity to make a decision, the improvement in the understanding of legal issues related to capacity and the relevance of the paper to the theme of prioritising people.

The article reports on the release of the white paper "Our Health, Our Care, Our Say: A New Direction for Community Services," by health secretary Patricia Hewitt in Great Britain. Nurses will be at the center of the reform of medical care in the country. They are expected to perform new tasks including the promotion of health services in the community, encourage patients to be self-dependent and work longer hours.

The article presents a discussion on whether the new safety protocols by the government in Great Britain destroy adolescents' last resort for private advice on sexual health. It suggests that two government consultation papers-- "Sharing Information" and "Working Together to Safeguard Children" --raise the possibility that information would be shared with other agencies more widely. It reports that most sexual health professionals believe confidentiality is a cornerstone of their work and they will breach it only in exceptional cases.

The article focuses on a paper about the benefit of mindfulness in helping nurses provide compassionate care.

'You must be raking it in,' a friend said the other day, giving me a knowing wink. 'Raking it in?' I shrieked. It was in the papers (well it would be, wouldn't it?) that agency nurses are earning hundreds of pounds an hour and this person had made the wrong assumption. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses how to convert successfully paper to electronic systems for patients' information in Great Britain. Electronic patient records (EPR) will record patient information more systematically and have the potential to eliminate the duplication or incomprehensibility of paper records. Patients must be involved in what is recorded which will improve communication and decision making. The clinical records systems will only work for nurses if they involved in patient development.

The article offers information related to activities involving nurses in Great Britain. Any person who is eligible of winning the Research Paper of the Year is invited to publish his or her paper between January 1 and December 31, 2006. The 2007 conference of the American Organization of Nurse Executives will be held on April 12-16 in Washington D.C. Applicants for the clinical nursing scholarship offered by the Barbers' Co. are invited to submit their curriculum vitae by February 28, 2007.

Discusses the British government's green paper "Youth Matters," released in August 2005 proposing a plan that would offer financial incentives to teenagers for good behavior and penalties for illegal activities including binge drinking. Concept of opportunity cards that would reward teenagers from low-income families with funds to spend on sports and other constructive activities; Targeted approach for the program; Percentage of young people who have mental problems according to the green paper.

The article presents latest research and scientific reports from the nursing and medical journals in Great Britain. The paper "Lack of Improvement in Patients With Acute Stroke After Treatment With Thrombolytic Therapy" by G. Saposnik et al was published in the "Journal of the American Medical Association." The paper "Colonoscopy Screening for Colorectal Cancer: The Outcomes of two Recruitment Methods" by M. Corbett et al was published in the journal "Medical Journal of Australia." The paper "Work, Leisure Time Physical Activity and Risk of Preeclampsia and Gestational Hypertension" by A. Saftlas et al was published in the journal "American Journal of Epidemiology."

Comments on the British government's policy paper on giving patients more choice, entitled "Building on the Best". Aims of the paper; Criticism of the British National Health Service; Purpose of extending patient choice.

Developing the Healthcare Workforce, a consultation linked to the white paper Liberating the NHS, sets out new arrangements for the commissioning and funding of healthcare professional education and training. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents news items on medicine in Great Britain. The National Clinical Audit Advisory Group is examining whether the quality of local clinical audits could be linked to premiums paid by trusts to the National Health Service (NHS) Litigation Authority. British nurse practitioners have been allowed in 2010 to contribute to the Information Prescription Service database. The Primary Care Trust Network of the NHS Confederation has published a discussion paper on physician commissioning.

Dame Chris Beasley talks to Tamsin Snow about the white paper and protecting nursing's achievements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the article the author reflects on Great Britain's white paper "Liberating the NHS," which plans to give general practitioners (GPs) responsibility for spending 80 billion pounds. The author opines that the government should be cautious with implementing health care reforms. She notes that GPs do not have the specialist skills that are required to correctly spend public money.

The article reports that Great Britain's white paper "Liberating the NHS" plans to allow local authorities the ability to control public health budgets. The proposed health care reform plans to improve the working relationship between public health and social care. Public health clinician Jane Cook expresses her fears concerning health inequalities on socially excluded groups.

Erin Dean and Petra Kendall-Raynor report on how the health white paper will affect one part of the profession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Want to hear some good news? Of course not. Only bad news sells papers, attracts viewers, gets clicks. Good news is for freesheets and council newsletters. Young people raise cash for puppies? Pass the sick bag. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that nurses could take a greater role in reducing clinical risk for patients by responding promptly to patient safety alerts. Researchers evaluated how the alerts were managed in NHS (National Health Service) organisations and whether they resulted in safer practice. They found that the decision about the relevance and dissemination of alerts was often taken by a single individual and that alerts disseminated on paper were frequently unread.

A letter to the editor is presented from a reader reacting to a working paper from Skills for Health (tiny.cc/tgbu5x) on creating a high quality health support workforce.

The article provides an author's view on the use of cardboard cut-out nurses in reminding patients in Great Britain. He notes that the idea is to prevent the message from getting boring. The author cites the problem that a cardboard nurse will be ignored. Before anyone knows it, he/she has lost not only her authority but also her self-respect. The author asserted that unions must act to ensure that every single cardboard nurse continues to receive the respect he/she deserves.

Information about several papers discussed at the Crucial Crew workshop in Great Britain. During the said event, experts discussed several health and safety facts about children's safety. The fire service taught them how to avoid setting their bedrooms alight and the police acted out a drama to warm them of stranger danger

The author reflects on his contribution on the shaping of social policy in Great Britain. He expresses his appreciation for being asked concerning the National Health Service after being ignored for half a century. He mentions his paper titled "The GP Patient Survey," which contains ten questions on how easy he had found in seeing his doctor.

This article reports that school nursing services underwent drastic cuts in the mid 1990s in Great Britain. Now, however, they are being recognised and valued by the government for their specialist public health role. School nurses are primary care providers, usually based in primary care trusts (PCT). Their role is proactive health promotion to the school-age population. PCTs and local authorities will now be responsible for staff training. The white paper "Choosing Health," was published in November 2004. Effective co-ordination of services for individual children and schools will make a significant and positive difference to meeting children's health needs.

Philosopher Michel Foucault is widely quoted in academic nursing papers, but do we really understand him? Daniel Allen went on a mission to find out more about the man and his relevance to nursing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the call of doctors for the reduction of the number of deaths from sepsis in Great Britain. Topics discussed include the campaigns for the improvement of awareness among clinicians for the assurance of early diagnosis of the disease, the contribution of professor Jonathan Cohen on the paper calls campaign, and the urgency for the development of investment for the treatment of the disease.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to a comment from the commons public accounts committee chairman Margaret Hodge regarding the consultation paper "No Voice Unheard, No Right Ignored" in the April 1, 2015 issue.

Voting papers giving RCN members the chance to vote on the government's plans to change public sector pensions will be sent out within days. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on an article in the British news paper the "Sunday Times" which indicated that the Royal College of Nursing has been named as one of the top 100 employers in Great Britain.

Nurses must have an automatic place on GP consortia boards, the RCN said last week in a briefing paper sent to MPs on the Health and Social Care Bill. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The government aims to expand the roles of school nurses and health visitors in its bid to reduce health inequality and promote healthy lifestyles, according to a policy paper on public health in England. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The future of NHS pay and pensions, and the effects on front line services of £20 billion efficiency savings are among the concerns raised by nurses in response to an RCN consultation on the health white paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author reports that the British trade union Unison has legally challenged health care reform proposals contained in the coalition government's white paper arguing that no changes should be implemented until the public has had time to consider the proposals.