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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.

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.

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).

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]

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

Presents views on the British government white paper Our Health, Our Care, Our Say which outlines the future of the National Health Service (NHS) in Great Britain. Belief of the British secretary of state on members comprising the NHS; Lack of recognition given by the paper to other primary care providers; Hope provided by the white paper to optometry.

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.

'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]

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]

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.

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 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.

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.

The article focuses on the community based eye care services and their cost savings. Local optical committees (LOCs) have integrated eye care services onto their programs and developed relations with clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). After the elimination of primary care trusts (PCTs) in April 2013, they will be required to show their independence from CCG. Shifting from paper-based systems to electronic reporting is also needed.

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 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 article comments on the white paper "Equity and Excellence: Liberating the National Health Service (NHS)," published by Andrew Lansley, Secretary of State for Health in Great Britain.

The article shares the author's views concerning the inconsistent rules imposed by the National Health Service (NHS) for its nursing staff in Great Britain. According to the author, the staff in the NHS need time to adjust to the many white papers, national service frameworks and reorganizations arising. She noted that the NHS's guidelines and framework were supposed to level out and allow staff to move more easily between geographical areas, but they have just caused more stress and low morale.

The article presents news briefs related to nursing in Great Britain. The British National Health Service has drawn up a consultation paper "Fit to Lead" that removes the requirement of allocating two reserved places for nurses, cutting down the number of professional members to between four and eight. British health secretary Patricia Hewitt has admitted that a government pledge of providing a nurse for every secondary school and cluster of primary schools may not be feasible.

Expresses an opinion about the exclusion of optometry profession in the circulation of the discussion paper "Standards for Better Health, Health Care Standards for Services Under the NHS" by the Department of Health in England. Consequence of the exclusion; Information on the core and developmental standards of Great Britain National Health Service (NHS); Cause of the public misconception on NHS.

Reports on the development of an electronic centralized system for administering National Health Service ophthalmic claims in Great Britain as of September 2002. Statement issued by FODO executive director Bob Hughes regarding the date of implementation; Revisions to paper documents brought by the move to electronic claims forms.

The article presents the author's views on the problem of pen thefts prevailing at the National Health Service, Great Britain. It comments on the doctors who can afford the odd ballpoint pen but seem to be always purloining them and the managers who have ignored this outrageous larceny. It wonders where all the pens go, whether to a Neverland or is there a Pied Piper who lures them away. It refers to the problem as a situation that can never be resolved.