Rights verdict
NHS conduct procedures pass key test
Profile: Beverly Malone
In offering the charismatic Beverly Malone the job of general secretary, the RCN may have, at a stroke, gone a long way to countering its reputation as a risk-averse, cautious and conservative organisation.
IT ‘glasnost’ allows health staff web access
Department of Health staff will be able to read these words without fear of the sack - because technology "glasnost" in their section of the notoriously stuffy civil service now permits "free" use of the internet at work.
£500m plan to plug NHS into internet revolution
The government has launched a £500m plan to wire up the NHS to the internet revolution, with the aim of improving standards of care and speeding up access to treatment and health information.
Special deal for NHS lab staff is a healthy sign
The extra pay rise for laboratory staff is a recognition that they play a vital role in the government's ambitions to improve NHS quality and productivity, writes Patrick Butler
The row over the abolition of community health councils rages on
Government proposals to abolish community health councils have proven more controversial than ministers could have imagined. Simon Parker reports
Sponsorship and nursing
Analysis: The Royal College of Nursing is to produce new guidelines on nurse sponsorship as worries grow about the expansion of commercial activity within the profession.
A brief guide to NHS sponsorship
The Department of Health has published case studies to guide staff on how to deal with offers from commercial sponsors.