Understanding childhood asthma and the development of the respiratory tract

Doreen Crawford

Neonatal nurses’ perceptions of a work-based learning approach

Helen Stanley, Susanne Simmons

Confidentiality: the legal issues

Marc Cornock

Practical aspects of oronasopharyngeal suction in children

Tony Knox

Equipment service comes free

Karen Dobson

NHS changes have led to parents targeting emergency departments

Zuzana Khan

Politics is an issue for us all

Rebecca Harmer

Step by Step Help for Children with ADHD

Orla McAlinden

Your update on published articles of interest to nurses working in child health

Diary

Research and commentary

Indexes help to identify localities in need of healthcare interventions

Sarah Tizzard

Ongoing intimate care and single status is a burden for mothers

Caroline Sanders

Transition to adolescence presents continual difficulties

Caroline Sanders

Social restrictions of Spina bifida contribute to parenting stress

Caroline Sanders

On the web

Patric Devitt

Notice board

Effort to help recruit more health visitors

Christian Duffin

Malnourished lives under threat in Africa

Celebrity culture is not to blame for eating disorders

Early assessment and diagnosis for children with hyperactivity disorder

Anita Pati

Pioneering heart defect test has been in use ‘for the past two years’

Hospital challenges NHS reforms to children’s cardiac surgery

Hepatitis B vaccine could become part of immunisation schedule

News in Brief

Good intentions need backup

Christine Walker