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Acute and multidisciplinary working
This joint policy statement by the RCN and the Royal College of Physicians (London) sets out principles around team working in the acute medical setting.
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Registering choice
A report summary focusing on meeting patient demands, offering patient choice and helping patients to make informed health care decisions.
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Health reform in England: Update and commissioning framework
Summary of key proposals in the Department of Health's document, Health Reform in England: update and commissioning framework, and an outline of critical issues for nurses and nursing.
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Our Health, Our Care, Our Say
A new direction for community services. This briefing explains Payment by Results, implications for the NHS and key questions related to prices for mental health and community services, loss of income and funding for new services.
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Setting appropriate ward nurse staffing levels
This document provides information, tools, principles and a benchmark skill mix ratio for nurse staffing levels on NHS acute general wards.
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Nurse-led social enterprise
Looking at the issues of Nurse-led social enterprise.
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Department of Health's tender for commissioning NHS services
This is the first time that such a detailed set of requirements for NHS commissioners appeared in 2006, and this briefing sets out each area in full and considers the issues for nurses.
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Payment by Results: Update and discussion paper
Discussion paper covering developments in PbR. Guest contributors include Jon Sussex, Deputy Director of the Office of Health Economics, and Paul Linsey, a senior mental health practitioner.
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Statutory Consultation
Offering background on the legal and policy requirements for consultation where service changes are proposed, including the closure or reduction in services, this briefing also includes updated case law as well as recommendations for action by activists.
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The Local Government White Paper: Strong and prosperous communities
The Government stresses that this local government White Paper will enhance local leadership on health and well being and make it easier for local authorities and NHS bodies to work together to tackle health inequalities and to deliver better services in their local area. This briefing sets out a summary of the main proposals in the White Paper, and anticipates the content of the Local Government Bill.
