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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.

The article presents the opinion of Brendan McMahon, a clinical nurse specialist in East Midlands, on the issue of paper work management in nursing. He relates that according to survey conducted by the National Health Service (NHS), nurses spend less than four hours in treating their patients. Moreover, he adds that paperwork is the highlight of the new labor and the new look of the NHS.

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).

'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]

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.

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]

Keep any up-to-date copies of the printed British National Formulary safe, advises Matt Griffiths. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

If politicians want to avoid repeating past NHS mistakes, they should make sure they listen to historians, says Nicholas Timmins. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While citizens are being encouraged to became 'green' and recycle household and garden waste, the NHS is lagging far behind. Clinical waste has to be disposed of in a safe way, much 'domestic' waste could be recycled and save trusts money - as some hospitals in the United States have found. INSET: Swindon cleans up its act. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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.

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 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.

'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]

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]

Health unions have raised concerns about the future of nurse leadership in England amid plans for a radical shake-up of how the Department of Health (DH) operates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article provides an overview of the changes of the Trust, Assurance and Safety regulation to the health care industry and to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in Great Britain. Among the changes is the standard of proof in fitness to practice hearings, wherein it will be changed to civil reasonable doubt to the civil standard of on the balance of probabilities. Moreover, the National Health Service Appointments Commission will select the council members rather than the registrants.

Trusts rapped over 'unfair' procedures after criticism from Commons committee. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on Great Britain Department of Health's plan to implement £30 million fund to help nurses establish new ways of working. The National Health Service Modemisation Agency will develop a spread and adoption strategy aimed at speeding up the process of disseminating ideas.

A new device is putting information technology in the hands of nurses to improve patient safety by making records more accurate, says Clare Lomas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sarah Wray looks at how electronic systems are helping nurses save time and money. [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]

The author suggests that the British National Health Service (NHS) 111 semi-urgent emergency services will not reduce the pressure on emergency services and will increase the public's confusion over the nature of medical emergencies.

In the article the author opines that the decline in the community nursing workforce must be resolved in order for Great Britain's National Health Service (NHS) to be successfully reorganized. According to the author, the Labour government failed on its promise to place a specialist school nurse in all of England's secondary schools by 2010. Public health services and the NHS budget are also discussed.

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 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.

It is easy to blame overseas recruitment for the difficulty some newly qualified nurses currently experience findings jobs. But the reality is far more complex. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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 presents 2014 information on medical topics, including National Health Service Change Day, which will be held on March 2, 2014 in Great Britain to help improve patient care, a seminar titled "Developing Primary Care and the Next Steps for General Practice" offered by the Westminster Health Forum in England and a conference on safeguarding vulnerable children and adults being held at Bucks New University in Buckinghamshire, England on May 19-20, 2014.

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

As cost pressures start to exert pressure on public services, nursing directors are being asked to make difficult decisions about the size and configuration of the nursing workforce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The clampdown on nurses' pay will be used to help fund an expansion of NHS care, according to the Department of Health's acting permanent secretary and principal accounting officer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NHS trusts are in 'good financial shape' with a surplus of £1.5 billion, a report by the Audit Commission shows. The finance watchdog's report covers 260 primary care trusts and NHS mental health and acute trusts yet to become foundation trusts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses must have a place on GP consortia boards, the RCN said this week in its response to government proposals for an overhaul of the NHS. [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]

A calendar of events for medical care-related events in Europe from October 2010 to June 2011 is presented which include a conference for the Centre for Workforce Intelligence on October 18, 2010 in London, England, and October 21 in Leeds, England, a deadline for the annual essay competition at the Pioneer Health Foundation which is November 30, 2010, and the annual conference of the National Health Service Employers at Liverpool, England from November 16-18, 2010.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article about increased competition between Great Britain's National Health Service (NHS) trusts in the "news" and "editorial" sections of the August 25, 2010 issue.

The author reports that under the British coalition government's "Liberating the NHS" plan, family doctors will control purchasing services from acute, mental health and community providers in the National Health Service (NHS). The author reports that nursing leaders suggest that the government plan may marginalise the nursing profession's input in service commissioning. INSET: Mixed reaction to NHS restructuring.

The future employment of thousands of community nurses in England has been plunged into doubt after the government announced plans to scrap primary care trusts (PCTs). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the free online training course for nurses launched by the British National Health Service Core Learning Unit. According to the author, the five-module program gives nurses the opportunity to improve their understanding of the importance of nutrition and hydration. It explains to front-line staff why people can become malnourished and dehydrated when in care.

The article reports on the British Conservative Party's claim that imposed targets in the National Health Service (NHS) are failing patients and undermining nurses and doctors' work. According to the Tories, the NHS is failing to give value for money because funding is channeled into activities aimed at meeting targets rather than improving health care.

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.

Tony Blair has assured nurses that the principles of the NHS will stay true despite his government's attempt to re-engineer the entire health service. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports that Government of England has planned to make major changes in funding for children's hospices in England. Responsibility for the National Health Service payments has been altered from primary care trusts to strategic health authorities to make the system less complicated and faster. Projections that there will be reductions on the number of seriously and terminally ill who can receive medical care due to plans of hospices to reduce the number of nurses remained unanswered.

All English NHS trust will be monitored to ensure that they comply with new latex allergy guidelines coming into force this month. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports that Great Britain National Health Service National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse has asked nurse prescriber Alan Long to head the review of extended prescribing in drug dependency. Review of the possible risks and benefits in nurse and pharmacist prescribing; Career highlights of Long; Contact information of Long.

With more than nine million people in the UK saying they are always or often lonely, can social prescribing be part of the solution to this complex public health issue? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the results of an online survey of nurses conducted by "Nursing Standard" and the "Sunday Mirror" on the state of the nursing profession and the health service in Great Britain. Sixty-six percent of nurses said that standards of patient care have deteriorated in the past five years, and they would be prepared to pay more taxes to support the National Health Service. Most of the respondents said their workplace lacks adequate staff to give patients safe care.