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

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

The credit crunch is forcing nurses to take on extra shifts. It could also have an impact on future pay deals. Tamsin Snow reports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Health minister Ann Keen wants protection for nurse training budgets and equal career development with doctors. Tamsin Snow reports. [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]

Job cuts, unemployed nurses, trust deficits -- now this year's low pay award comes as yet more bad news for those who might be considering a career in nursing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A group of midwives and nurses is targeting the rise in unplanned second pregnancies among young women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A nurse banned from practice indefinitely after being found guilty on ten charges of professional misconduct has been told by appeal court judges that she can apply to be reinstated on the register. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses need to become more entrepreneurial and business oriented, according to England's chief nursing officer Dame Chris Beasley. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

NHS staff blame poor support from their line managers for increasing levels of bullying and harassment, according to initial findings from a five-year research project. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Guidance on providing 'neglected and overworked' ward sisters and charge nurses with support is to be published by the RCN next month. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The number of bank shifts worked by nurses and healthcare support workers (HCSWs) has shot up, according to figures from NHS Professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses' annual appraisals could be used to help them remain on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register Nursing Standard has learned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses should receive their 2.75 per cent pay rise next month after a proposed multi-year pay deal was accepted by the RCN and Unison. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Further calls to raise fuel allowances for nurses are expected this week when trade union representatives meet NHS Employers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses could receive their annual pay award in two parts this year, making it effectively worth less than the 2.75 per cent proposed last week, unions have warned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Plans to implement Agenda for Change (AfC) in just ten months were 'totally unrealistic' and have led to concerns about inconsistent banding, a review of the pay system has concluded. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurse prescribers have been advised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to resist pressure to prescribe outside their competence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Pay negotiators have until early March to broker a multi-year pay deal for health service staff, Nursing Standard understands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses have challenged health minister and former nurse Ann Keen about the failure of Agenda for Change (AfC) to reward them for acquiring extra knowledge and skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nursing leaders have called on the government to intervene after Nursing Standard revealed that an NHS trust plans to buy in nursing expertise from a consultancy instead of employing a director of nursing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Ministers in London and Cardiff are under growing pressure to deliver this year's pay award in full on April 1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Private companies paid millions of pounds to provide NHS services are refusing to negotiate with unions, a Nursing Standard survey has revealed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 'monolithic' NHS will be dismantled and replaced by a range of new providers who can better meet public demand, deputy chief nursing officer for England Kate Billingham said last week. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Smoking will be banned in short-stay psychiatric units under controversial government proposals described as an unworkable 'nightmare' by nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurses have welcomed warnings from vaccination experts that continued doubts about the safety of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine will cost lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Overseas nurses should undergo a period of preceptorship after registering with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), an independent study has recommended. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will advise senior NHS managers on how best to reduce workplace stress as part of a drive to minimise ill health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In a passionate address to RCN congress, UN envoy Stephen Lewis outlined the devastating effects of western countries poaching African nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

December's pay and grading rollout will be rocky, says human resources director. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]