Editorial
Add your voice to end of life care consultation
The long-running saga over what – if anything – should replace the Liverpool Care Pathway...
05 Aug 2015
Nurses need the details on revalidation – fast
As I sat down to write my first editorial for Nursing Standard, my phone rang. It was my...
29 Jul 2015
Want weekend working Mr Hunt? Then pay for it
I loved the #ImInWorkJeremy Twitter response to the health secretary’s ultimatum last week...
22 Jul 2015
Unfair budget inflicts more pain on nurses
Anger, disbelief, outrage and dismay were all in evidence last week after chancellor George...
15 Jul 2015
Tuition fees and loans won’t bring in recruits
Just about every nursing student in the UK has their course funded by one of the four UK...
08 Jul 2015
Freed up to be truly effective ward leaders
Often the most interesting discussions at RCN congress take place away from the main hall,...
01 Jul 2015
NHS needs a workforce plan, not border control
History was made in Bournemouth on Sunday evening. A small, but momentous slice of nursing...
24 Jun 2015
Calm heads are needed in safe staffing debate
Of the 290 recommendations in the Francis report, published 26 months ago, one has become...
17 Jun 2015
Safe staffing sidestep makes the task harder
Of all the issues that concerned Nursing Standard readers in the run up to the general...
10 Jun 2015
The NHS won’t cope without non-EU nurses
It was good to see so many Filipino nurses standing up for themselves and protesting outside...
03 Jun 2015