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Experts say we must use the evidence to win the case for appropriate staffing, reports Adele Waters. INSET: The experts' statement on staffing and quality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When nursing is undervalued, care is inevitably undermined, say Alison Moore and Adele Waters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nurse managers explain to Adele Waters how they are dealing with the requirement to cut costs while ensuring safe staffing levels at all times. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adele Waters analyses the results of our exclusive survey, in which readers explain what should be done to improve patients' experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

What causes poor care and what can be done to stop it? As part of our Care campaign with the Patients Association, we invited experts and commentators to tell us. Jennifer Sprinks and Adele Waters report. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The health service needs to support whistleblowing and encourage staff to speak out about poor care, write Alison Whyte and Adele Waters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Quality care is the priority of every health organisation, but how is this ethos embedded from board to ward? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adele Waters and Alison Whyte ask what can be done to improve communication on wards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The new shadow minister for public health tells Adele Waters that her passion of nursing is the legacy of her mother's love of, and struggles with, the profession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

'Look, Listen, Feel' encourages nurses to improve the patient experience by using all their senses rather than being over-reliant on technology when assessing patients. INSETS: 'Machines can create distance -- this is about building...;'Staff are getting back a feel for nursing'. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mark Hill is using our Care campaign to drive up standards at his trust. He spoke to Adele Waters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adele Waters reports from an event where staff at an NHS trust gather to share inspiring examples of excellent patient care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Volunteers are talking to patients and suggesting how care could be improved as part of an innovative scheme. Jo Carlowe and Adele Waters report. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Adele Waters introduces our new campaign and talks to patient and nurse representatives about how to achieve excellent care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The reputation of nursing in the UK suffered another blow last month when the health service ombudsman’s report on the care of older people in the NHS was published. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on reforms implemented at the Milton Keynes Hospital Foundation Trust in Great Britain following infant deaths in its maternity unit. The author mentions the role of Director of Nursing Tony Halton in boosting the authority and status of ward sisters and charge nurses. Halton also introduced a leadership development programme for new ward leaders.

A group of eminent nurse leaders and workforce experts have drawn up a consensus statement on registered nurse staffing in the hope that it will help the profession stand firm against cuts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

More than 80 per cent of NHS employers have signed up to a campaign by Nursing Standard and the Patients Association to improve fundamental care, launched only six months ago. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The UK's four chief nursing officers have pledged their support for a Nursing Standard campaign to improve patient care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses nurse researcher Felicity Stockwell's call for the nursing profession to return to a model of patient care that is centered upon caring and respect for patient dignity. The author notes that the reputation of the nursing profession has been declining and the attitudes of some nurses may be partly to blame. Stockwell believes that nurse managers should work to meet the needs of their nursing staff and ensure that nurses understand that they are valuable health team members.