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The Conservative Party can now pursue its own NHS agenda, which includes plans to reform community health services and seven-day working, after it secured a 12-seat majority in the general election. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the possibility for the transformation of the services offered by the National Health Service (NHS) to be hampered by funding cuts to continuing professional development (CPD) for nurses in England. Topics include the Council of Deans of Health's (CoDH) claim that training and education is important to allow nursing staff to offer safe and effective care, and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) noting the need for nurses to keep pace with the developments in patient care.

A team of nurses is being charged with the task of assessing equipment for cost and clinical effectiveness in a bid to improve NHS procurement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chancellor George Osborne's announcement of a public sector pay cap until 2020 will have left nurses worried about how to make their salaries stretch even further than they do already. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses have been calling for new guidance on caring for patients in the final days of life since the much-criticised Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) was withdrawn in 2013. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on the plan of the union Unite to submit proposals to the Great Britain National Health Service (NHS) Pay Review Body (RB) as part of the annual round of submissions concerning a pay deal for NHS staff. The union will call on NHS employers to contribute to the Nursing and Midwifery Council registration fee. Meanwhile, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will also address the financial pressures facing nurses at its congress in June 2015.

The article reports the angry reaction by nurses to the move by the National Health Service (NHS) Improvement to implement a measure that will prevent them from taking agency work in Great Britain starting April 1, 2017. Also cited are the negative reaction by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the comment by NHS Improvement chief executive Jim Mackey on the move.

Health care will be a hot topic among political parties over the coming months as they attempt to secure the public’s vote. Alistair Kleebauer reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NHS staff stand to lose some or all of their compensatory night and weekend pay under the latest government proposals. Alistair Kleebauer reports. INSET: PAY OPTIONS PROPOSED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In an exclusive interview with Nursing Standard, the RCN’s new president Cecilia Anim tells Alistair Kleebauer about her ambitions for nursing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With assaults on NHS personnel at an all-time high in England, what can be done to stem the tide of violence? Alistair Kleebauer reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The government has allocated an extra £300 million for staff and services this winter, but without a wider plan it is little more than a stopgap measure, says the RCN. Alistair Kleebauer reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NHS Pioneers has been described by one minister as the ‘starting gun’ for combining local health and care services. Alistair Kleebauer reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NHS bosses see former nurses as the solution to a looming staffing crisis. Kat Keogh and Alistair Kleebauer find out what is being done to woo them back [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An autumn of discontent looms for England’s NHS as 400,000 union members are balloted on strike action over pay. Kat Keogh and Alistair Kleebauer report. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Implementing nurse staffing measures in England could cost up to £200 million, but it is a good investment if patient care improves. Alistair Kleebauer reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports the claim by a whistleblower nurse from the National Health Service (NHS) Tayside in Scotland as of August 2016 that the traditional eight-hour working days have resulted in burnout and resignations among staff. Also cited are the study conducted by the Nursing Standard, as well as the comment by Unison Scotland union head of health, Matt McLaughlin, on the issue.

The article reports on a proposal to link student debt of graduate nurses with length of service in the National Health Service (NHS) in Great Britain. Topics covered include the government's announcement of the abolition of bursaries for nursing students in England starting August 2017, the claim by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) that the abolition would increase student debt up to 50,000 pounds, and the proposal to use the savings from the abolition of the bursary to offer scholarships.

Ensuring there are enough staff working in mental health care will be one of the biggest challenges in improving patient access to services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pay rises for NHS nurses in England should be capped at no more than 1% in 2016/17, the Department of Health argues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

RCN leaders in Northern Ireland will decide this week whether to ballot members on industrial action over pay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Almost one in five nursing posts in London is vacant, according to research that reveals a 'critical' shortage of staff in the capital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses are not being passed vital information that could help to prevent serious incidents, according to a damning report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The number of inpatient beds for people with learning disabilities and autism could be halved under a nationwide plan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The only NHS organisation to negotiate employees' pay outside the Agenda for Change system should opt in to improve its staff retention, health unions have said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The amount NHS trusts in England can spend on agency nurses will be capped under new rules announced by Monitor and the Trust Development Authority (TDA). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The introduction of a full seven-day NHS service could result in reduced total earnings for nurses and midwives, leaving staff unprepared to work unsocial hours, the independent NHS Pay Review Body (RB) has said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Poor or patchy standards of patient dignity and support with eating were too common in the 'vast majority' of English hospitals, according to a report. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Large numbers of community nurses experience physical and verbal abuse at work but few are given personal alarms by their employers, an RCN survey reveals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

RCN members have condemned the decision to halt work by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on safe staffing guidance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the Health Professional Education Investment Review, commissioned by the Welsh Government and headed by former chair of Powys Teaching Health Board Mel Evans, which concludes the need to establish a single body that will oversee workforce planning and commission education and training for the Welsh National Health Service (NHS). The review also argued that nurse recruitment represents a major headache for health boards and educational provision commissioners.

The article focuses on the debate of health ministers of the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat political parties on the future of the National Health Service (NHS) and the votes seeked by these politicians from the nurses. The discussion made by Tory health minister Dan Poulter, Labour's shadow health secretary Andy Burnham and Liberal Democrat care minister Norman Lamb on the future of NHS is stated. The support of the ministers on the Nursing Counts manifesto priorities is emphasized.

Safe nurse staffing levels in Welsh hospitals can only be achieved through legislation, not by health boards being directed to use an acuity tool. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Payroll errors that result in nurses being overpaid -- sometimes by thousands of pounds -- and then pressured by their employers to repay the sums are on the increase, the RCN has warned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NHS trusts in England have been ordered to draw up action plans within three months setting out how they will ensure patients are protected from potential sexual predators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The work of ‘whistleblowing guardians’ in every NHS organisation must be scrutinised by the Care Quality Commission to ensure they are doing the job properly, according to the nurse whose courage inspired the new role. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses and other healthcare workers in England will decide this month whether to accept a 1 per cent pay rise offered by the government, after late talks with unions averted a national strike. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

More than 80 per cent of NHS employers believe staff should receive extra pay for working unsocial hours. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tackling sepsis -- the potentially fatal over-reaction of the immune system to infection -- must be given the same priority as reducing Clostridium difficile and MRSA infections, the government has said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Half of all healthcare workers would leave the NHS if unsocial hours payments are scrapped, a joint union survey has found as a review into seven-day working takes place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nursing staff should check for signs or symptoms of fracture or potential for spinal injury before moving a patient following a fall. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A strike over pay by nurses and other healthcare workers in Wales has been called off after the Welsh Government offered to give NHS staff a 1 per cent consolidated pay rise next year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Thousands of nurses and midwives in England are preparing to strike for the second time in six weeks in protest at the government’s refusal to give all NHS staff a 1 per cent cost of living pay rise. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A year-long leadership programme launched last week is aiming to help black and minority ethnic (BME) staff, including nurses, move into top NHS jobs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Night shift staff will have access to healthy food options as part of a drive to improve the health of hospital staff in England, NHS chief executive Simon Stevens said as he announced his vision for the health service last week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses will have to fight to keep the extra pay they receive for working unsocial hours as the NHS moves towards seven-day working, the RCN has warned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]