Ways to boost the healthcare support cohort.

Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers proposals to increase support worker numbers, which include taking a more co-ordinated approach and better training.

Why enjoyment is vital to nursing.

Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers research on why nurses enjoy nursing and why this is important for job satisfaction and nurse retention.

Compassion is key to patient safety.

Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, describes how compassionate leadership results in engaged and motivated staff, in turn leading to high-quality care.

Practice learning is key to our future.

Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, looks at the work being carried out in the UK and internationally to ensure that we can build and sustain the nursing workforce.

Fitness to practise: improving knowledge.

Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers how to help members of the public to understand what consitutes a fitness to practise concern.

Getting to grips with generative AI.

Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers the issues raised for regulators and assessors by the availability of tools such as ChatGPT.

Investment in nursing reaps rewards.

Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers the potential of nurses to improve their local health systems and, through those, the societies in which they live.

Still a long way to go on patient safety.

Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, looks at the findings of a parliamentary review into progress on safety proposals and encourages nurses to be part of the culture change.

Do we know where we are heading?

Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers the issue of long-term workforce planning, focusing on England.

The needs of newly qualified nurses.

Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers the importance of providing the right support to nurses who are new to the register.

A blueprint for the NHS.

Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers the report of the Times Health Commission, which looked at all aspects of the NHS.

What do we mean by accountability?

Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers the concepts and principles of professional accountability.

Why we all need to speak up.

Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers the Freedom to Speak Up report and its importance in ensuring patient and staff safety.

Practice hours: examining the evidence.

Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers the challenges the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan brings to the question of the number of student practice learning hours.

Striking the right balance.

Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, reflects on the need to consider the impact on the wellbeing of professionals of fitness-to-practise processes.

Defining the scope of advanced practice.

Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers the issue of defining and regulating the scope of advanced nursing practice.

Unpicking disproportionate referrals.

Sam Foster, Executive Director of Professional Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council, considers the data indicating over-referrals to fitness-to-practise processes for certain groups.