Liz Markey is a chaplain in the department of spiritual care; Rachel Farvis is palliative care clinical nurse specialist at Edinburgh Cancer Centre; both at NHS Lothian. Markey L, Farvis R (2014) ...

Reflective practice can raise the quality and consistency of nursing care, but there is little evidence of it being part of everyday culture and practice. Nurses from three trusts attended a focus ...

In such a climate, it is easy to target cost savings at those less tangible aspects of healthcare provision that depend on human interaction. For example, fewer nurses on busy wards have more to do ...