Independent Nurse: Editorial - London leads the way in funding nurse CPD.(Editorial)

NHS staff are used to upheaval and change. Some times this change brings problems and difficulties, at others it is change for change's sake to satisfy the latest political whim.

But, every once in a while, the NHS embarks on an initiative that delivers improvements for both staff and patients. NHS London's plans for developing its workforce could be one such example.

The capital's strategic health authority (SHA) is to invest an extra pounds 132 million to train 15,000 staff and increase spending on continuing professional development (CPD) by 20 per cent year on year. It also says that the number of nurses working at an advanced level will rise …