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Healthcare unions have given a cautious welcome to a move by NHS England that will see high-performing acute hospitals sharing expertise with smaller trusts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

After a barrage of negative publicity, the Liverpool Care Pathway was withdrawn. But some organisations have struggled to replace it? Katie Osborne reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article cites a projected shortfall of nurses in England by 2020, according to the Health Foundation report "In Short Supply."

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 author reflects on issues that affect the workforce planning in England's health service. He emphasizes that the government is to blame for the inadequate supply of qualified nursing staff as they commissioned few nursing courses from universities. He says that the move of the National Health Services on spending £1 billion a year on agency nurses and for managers to recruit staff from foreign lands shows the failure of those responsible for workforce planning in doing their task.

Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was rated as outstanding for its provision of end of life care by the CQC in September last year. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Senior hospital nurses could begin working alongside district nurses and primary care staff in new community-based organisations under a five-year plan unveiled by NHS chief executive Simon Stevens last week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Greater investment is needed to train the next generation of nurse academics as older faculty members reach retirement, a world-renowned cancer expert has warned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A radical overhaul of nursing and NHS workforce planning is needed to better serve millions of patients, a government body has warned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The author reflects on agency nurses who work for Great Britain's National Health Service. He suggests that the work that agency nurses do is overlooked and that the National Health Service could not survive without them. He argues that work force planning in the nursing profession in Great Britain needs to improve to be better able to incorporate the services of agency nurses.

The number of RCN nurse advisers could be cut by more than a third, despite concerns that the plans will lead to a loss in the quality of advice given to members. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the Royal College of Nursing (RCN)'s annual general meeting, which aims to expand its influence for a better future in London, England. The meeting provides an opportunity to look forward and focuses on the steps needed to build the kind of future their members want to see and deserve to share for the better workplace environments, better communities, and a better society. Moreover, members will invest in growth by recruiting new members and advance the cause of nurses.

Pauline Stuttard describes how team-building exercises can get a course off to a good start. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]