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Colin Parish and Tamsin Snow look at some of the detail in this year's independent review body report on NHS staff pay. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tamsin Snow looks at how the college's Frontline First campaign will help nurses highlight waste and inefficiency in the NHS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The ministers charged with cutting billions from the NHS budget are already under pressure from unions, as Tamsin Snow reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NHS pension members are being offered the chance to switch to a revised scheme. Tamsin Snow finds out the rationale behind it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses' promised 2.25 per cent pay award in April looks safe, but prospects are bleaker for 2011 and beyond. Tamsin Snow reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As trusts in England struggle to balance their books and gain foundation status, Tamsin Snow asks if there are sufficient checks to avoid another crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Employers' enthusiasm for the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework is low, despite its benefits. Tamsin Snow asks why. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nursing unions have welcomed the main thrust of health minister Lord Darzi's vision for the NHS and its emphasis on quality rather than targets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The NHS review carried out by health minister Lord Ara Darzi includes a new template for workforce planning. Tamsin Snow reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nearly two thirds of all nurses and midwives in the NHS work extra unpaid hours every week, the results of the NHS annual staff survey reveal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many nurses agree on the need for a new career framework, but, as Tamsin Snow discovers, the devil is in the detail. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

UK governments claim pay is no longer a key issue for nurses. Are they right or is this just a bargaining ploy? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The government needs to ensure that nursing salaries match those of male-dominated professions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Surgeon and health minister Sir Ara Darzi to lead wide-ranging review that could reshape care delivery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses could see pay rises more quickly under a plan to bring all Agenda for Change staff into a single pay process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Foundation trusts have amassed 130m pounds in profits and almost 1bn pounds in cash. Is this good news for health care? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NICE's preliminary rejection of the new insulin inhaler works against patients' best interests, argue nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Some NHS trusts are likely to be fined hundreds of pounds for breaching new rules on mixed sex accomation while others have elimnated the practice, a Nursing Standard poll reveals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses have bombarded the RCN with calls to reject outright a controversial proposal to deny staff their annual increments for two years in exchange for guarantees of no compulsory redundancies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Increased competition among NHS trusts is discouraging healthcare workers from sharing information on best practice, according to research into the benefits of online communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Only a tiny number of nurses have opted to delay their retirement in return for an increased pension, as part of a scheme to maintain staffing levels by encouraging people to work for longer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

MPs have been warned that any cuts to the nursing workforce introduced as part of efficiency savings could lead to a repeat of tragedies such as those at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A consultancy's recommendation that thousands of NHS jobs should be axed in a bid to save 20 billion pounds has been rejected by health secretary Andrew Lansley. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses working in areas with a high cost of living, such as south east England, should receive greater pay rises than nurses in the rest of the UK, according to influential researchers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses Great Britain's Royal College of Nursing (RCN) annual 2010 congress where participants debated how to change the perception that public sector nurses have gold-plated pensions. According to the RCN, the National Health Service (NHS) pension scheme had been targeted by the group the Taxpayers' Alliance prior to the 2010 parliamentary elections.

Thousands of nurses face losing their jobs as NHS organisations calculate ways to reduce spending, the RCN warned this week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One of the UK's largest foundation trusts is aiming to halt the use of agency nurses -- and another has set targets aimed at limiting their use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

All nurses should look for cost savings where they work, but have a duty to speak out against cuts that have a negative effect on patient care, health minister Ann Keen said last week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Department of Health (DH) says it is committed to cutting nurses' sickness absence to no more than 3 per cent by next year despite figures showing a slight increase. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NHS boards in Wales have been ordered to cut the number of staff on bands 5 and above by 3 per cent and replace them with healthcare support workers (HCSWs). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cuts in temporary staff and extended core working hours are among money-saving measures being considered by some NHS trusts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Government proposals for NHS job guarantees in return for wage restraint are in disarray after foundation trusts said redundancies are unavoidable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the Royal College of Nursing's call for unannounced inspections at National Health Service (NHS) organisations in the aftermath of a report released by the organization Dr Foster, showing higher than average mortality rates at 27 NHS trusts. The RCN has stated that unannounced inspections should be triggered by a range of indicators including staff turnover, patient complaints and mortality rates.

Just 36 of nearly 4,000 staff from Stafford Hospital have submitted anonymous evidence to an independent inquiry into serious failings at the site. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An NHS trust is encouraging nurses to move from band 5 to 6 far quicker than normal to improve retention and reduce the use of agency staff. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Unions will call for an investigation into how many NHS organisations are moving staff to lower pay bands, Nursing Standard has learned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Health unions are battling to secure next year's pay rise for nurses against a background of public sector cuts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NHS employers should take the health of their staff as seriously as the quality of patient care, according to a major independent review ordered by the Department of Health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Health unions are calling for fresh guidance on pay rises amid concerns that newly qualified nurses are each missing out on hundreds of pounds in mandatory wage increases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recommended mileage rates for NHS staff using personal cars for work could be increased in a bid to simplify the current system, Nursing Standard can reveal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

England's largest NHS trust has set targets to inrease the number of nurses with degrees, masters and PhDs to bolster clinical research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

All NHS staff could be required to carry a 'workforce passport' so patients can check their credentials, under recommendations put forward by the Department of Health (DH) last week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Managers should be given a deadline by which time all their staff must have been appraised using the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF), the RCN said last week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The dire state of public sector finances has led to a suggestion by NHS managers that nurses' pay talks for 2011/12 should start more than a year ahead of schedule. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details of a revised pension scheme offering larger pensions for nurses who delay retirement until 65 are being sent out with pay slips this month. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nursing posts and healthcare services are coming under increasing threat as NHS bodies chase foundation trust status ahead of next year's deadline, according to the RCN. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An initiative to help nurses work more efficiently has enabled staff to spend an additional 500,000 hours with patients since its launch last year -- the equivalent of employing an extra 255 full-time nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An NHS report promoting commuting by bicycle and car sharing has dampened the chances of free hospital car parking for nurses in England. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]