There are going to be a lot of changes to the NHS in England as many are trying to tackle the bureaucracy and they are also trying to encourage health and social services to work much closer together as well. The UK government have been putting a real focus on those who work as part of a nurse agency as well as those who work in a nursing recruitment agency too. They have legislative plans for the NHS in the UK and they have been published. They have proposed that some of the changes should be reversed as more of the reforms are introduced. This is all going to be done through the Health and Social Care Act that was released in 2012. This saw the creation of the NHS England and it also meant that a lot of primary care trusts are scrapped as well.

The white paper has set out a number of changes and it is also going to discuss the NHS long-term plan as well. This is going to look at the long-term plan for the NHS and it’s going to give integrated care systems as well. This is going to create a good statutory footing and it’s also going to remove any barriers for the collaboration as well. As if that wasn’t enough, it’s also going to remove any incentives for competition while reducing bureaucracy. The RCN is very clear that the nursing leadership has to be recognised and it needs to play a part in the integrated healthcare systems as well. This isn’t just because nursing is the biggest workforce, instead, it’s actually because of the skills and also the expertise that a lot of nurses bring in so that they can meet the overall holistic needs of their patients.