title: Nursing at the forefront.
abstract: The Government sees nurses at the forefront of the drive for improvement in healthcare delivery. In this article, Lord Hunt, the Government spokesperson on nursing, spells out the role that nurses are expected to play in this process. Clinical governance has undoubtedly already been mentioned if not enacted in your Trust, and maybe some of you have applied for the discretionary points now on offer. Whatever the outcome of these and other strategies, the future is going to be different for perioperative nurses, whether we like it or not. Your views, as ever, are welcome....
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Hunt
mesh_terms: D004506:Education, Nursing; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D010560:Personnel Selection; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom