title: Political implications of the named-nurse concept.
abstract: This paper considers the role of the named nurse as a linchpin in the commissioning/providing cycle. It argues that, whatever the impact on patient care, nurses should be wary of claims that the introduction of named nursing through government policy demonstrates esteem for British nursing.
mesh_terms: D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D011321:Primary Nursing; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom