Summer of protest message is getting through.

Nursing Management subscribers are receiving print copies of the September issue just days before the RCN's latest move in its Scrap the Cap pay campaign, its 'biggest ever UK rally', in London on Wednesday 6 September. According to general secretary Janet Davies, the 'summer of protest' message is getting through.

Accident-prevention initiative needed for children under five.

THE GOVERNMENT is being urged to implement a nationwide programme to relieve pressure on emergency departments (EDs) by preventing accidental injuries to under-fives.

We are the future.

Why did you choose to work in the NHS? As a teenager, I was unclear about my ambitions, and took a job as a theatre orderly after I deferred my degree. I found the environment fascinating, and the prospect of training to work in theatres felt extremely exciting. To care for a patient, who in many cases entrusts his or her life to a team, appeared to be the most rewarding career.

Deciding what really matters.

England's chief nursing officer (CNO) Jane Cummings has called for senior nurses and other healthcare professionals to engage with the development of a strategy to follow Compassion in Practice ( page 7 ).

Academic health science networks to lead patient-safety collaboratives.

A NATIONAL programme to improve the safety of patients and ensure that continual learning 'sits at the heart of health care' in England has been launched.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation update.

THE ROYAL College of Nursing (RCN), Resuscitation Council (UK) and British Medical Association (BMA) have issued a new edition of their guidance on when to attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Toolkit may reduce number of admissions to hospital.

STAFF CAN identify emergency patients eligible for ambulatory care by using a toolkit published by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP).