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This article considers best practice in record-keeping and documentation in the light of recent public inquiries and reports, renewed national interest in record-keeping standards, and the challenge of moving from paper to electronic healthcare documentation and digital storage of data. The nature of the nurse-patient relationship is also changing, and should be reflected in nurses' record-keeping practices. Collaborative approaches to the planning and evaluation of care, and more emphasis on patients having a greater sense of ownership of information held about them should be reflected in nurses' and other healthcare professionals' attitudes and approaches to this aspect of practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article in the October 29, 2014 issue that was concerned with problems that Polish nurse Agnieszka Wroblewski had when attempting to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council to gain employment in Great Britan.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to articles in the July 30, 2014 and August 6, 2014 issue that were concerned with proposed plans to increase the registration fees of Great Britain's Nursing and Midwifery Council.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article in the October 1, 2014 issue that was concerned with a decision which Great Britain's Nursing and Midwifery Council made to increase its registration fees for nurses and midwives.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article in the November 13, 2013 issue that was concerned with poor record keeping in the nursing profession in Great Britain.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article about early engagement and representation to ensure fitness process in the previous issue.