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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.

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]

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 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]

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]

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 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.