Academic exercise

Kath McCourt

Improved record-keeping with reading handovers

Alison Tucker, Janet Brandling, Peter Fox

Role of clinical nurse leadership in improving patient care

Jill Murphy, Bernie Quillinan, Mary Carolan

Pre-registration nursing education standards out for consultation

Jan Goldsmith

Calculating skill mix: implications for patient outcomes and costs

Sarah Robinson, Peter Griffiths, Jill Maben

Winners of the innovative acute care award

Winners of the innovative health and social care technology award

In search of inspired ideas for improving patient care

Mari Firbank

How to keep score of acuity and dependency

Judith Smith, Val Forde, Margaret Goodman, Ann-Marie Cannaby, Mark Radford

Critical care

Ruth Williams

Patients’ experiences

Out for consultation

Audit guidance

Using the internet

Web-based tutorials

Clinical governance

Diary

People Skills

Peter Savage

Taking the Lead in Patient Safety

Irene Mabbott

Globalisation, Markets and Healthcare Policy

Ruth Chauhan

Recruitment consultancies

James Parsons

Good communication

Heather Freeth, Marisa Mason

At breaking point: the NHS funding crisis

Niall Dickson

Recommended reading

Matthew Rice

Vantage point

Geraldine Cunningham

Coping with on-site fires is burning issue for managers

Christian Duffin

Winning ways of first-class sister

Jennifer Sprinks

On the move

Lack of communication hinders end of life care, national enquiry finds

‘Productive’ community programme allows more time for patients

Care Quality Commission identifies improvements in trust performance

News in brief

RCN manifesto demands guaranteed staffing levels

Jennifer Sprinks

A question of regulation

Donna Kinnair