Record care clearly, accurately and with pride, RCN urges nurses.

A leading nurse has urged nurses not to view record keeping as 'a chore' but rather an integral part of providing compassionate care.

Cut agency staff and use money to train nurses, says think tank.

Boosting nurse training places would save the NHS millions of pounds and improve patient safety, a leading think tank has said.

Inquiry finds link between patient suicide and inexperienced staff.

Suicide by patients under observation should be a 'never event', say researchers who have found a direct link between the number of inpatient deaths and inexperienced staff.

Healthcare support workers given strategy for career development.

A national framework setting out how employers should develop a skilled and knowledgeable healthcare support workforce has been launched by Health Education England.

Boost to take-up of tissue viability nurses' pressure ulcer scheme.

An education campaign that led to a reduction in pressure ulcers at two hospitals in the Midlands has been rolled out to care homes in the region.

Academic disputes the value of testing students for compassion.

A leading nurse academic has said that testing prospective nursing students for compassion is futile.

Too many trusts still lack credible strategy to address end of life care.

The Liverpool Care Pathway, the controversial end of life care framework, was withdrawn in England seven months ago following negative publicity.

Full circle at privately-run NHS trust as operator hands it back.

The only private company to run an NHS hospital announced last month it was pulling out of its contract early because it could not cope with funding cuts and rising patient numbers.

Revalidation may 'go live' later in England than in other UK countries.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council could be forced to delay the introduction of a new system for assessing nurses' fitness to remain on the register amid fears that England will not be sufficiently prepared, it has emerged.

Controversial safe staffing guidance is necessary but 'unrealistic'.

The publication of draft guidance on safe staffing in A&E departments has prompted widespread debate among nurses.

A&E departments reach crisis point as trusts buckle under the pressure.

Thousands of nurses in England are struggling to cope with unprecedented pressures on A&E departments, as waiting times reached their worst levels for a decade.

Future for hospital staff uncertain as private firm pulls plug on contract.

Nurses employed at the first NHS hospital to be taken over by a private company have been thrown into turmoil after the company decided to pull out of a ten-year contract after only two years.

NMC denies prioritising new FtP cases to meet government target.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council's success in reducing the time it takes to handle fitness to practise cases has not been achieved by neglecting older cases, according to its chief executive Jackie Smith.

Uncertainty for Hinchingbrooke Hospital nurses as private operator Circle pulls out of NHS contract.

Nurses employed at the first NHS hospital to be taken over by a private company have been thrown into turmoil after the firm decided to pull out of a ten-year contract after only two years.