Chief Nursing Officer summit 2018

Recruitment, retention and cuts to continuing professional development were among the hot topics at this year’s Chief Nursing Officer for England’s Summit.

Jane Cummings
Chief nursing officer for England Jane Cummings. Picture: Tim George

Read our coverage from the two-day event in Liverpool.


Leading safe staffing expert 'troubled' by lack of workforce investment...

Speaking at the Chief Nursing Officer summit, nurse researcher Linda Aiken criticised lack...

Staff engagement linked to agency spending savings, report finds

Staff motivation and involvement are not only good for employee’s health, but saves trusts’...

Three Ps toolkit

CNO summit: ‘three Ps’ toolkit encouraging nurses to promote good health launched

England chief nursing officer Jane Cummings and Public Health England’s Viv Bennett...

Nurses should know their shifts a year in advance, Hunt tells directors of nursing

Technology should be used to enable nurses to know their shift pattern a year in advance,...

Informal learning one alternative amid CPD shortfall, chief nurse tells summit

Chief nursing officer acknowledges nurses’ frustration over funding cuts, but says...

Jane Cummings

England’s chief nurse says NHS ‘trumps every healthcare system in the world’

Jane Cummings used her summit speech to promote a new nursing recruitment campaign

PJ paralysis campaign

'PJ paralysis' campaign goes nationwide

Drive to improve hospital discharge rates launched