Listening post

Kerry Pape

The role of computer software in presenting information

Jane Wright

Safeguarding vulnerable adults

Joan Ramsay

Quicker cancer care: reshaping patient pathways

Caroline Cook, Lucy Towler

Assessing competence in nursing

Trevor Murrells, Sarah Robinson, Peter Griffiths

The RCN dignity survey: implications for leaders

Ann Gallagher, Paul Wainwright, Lesley Baillie, Pauline Ford

Nursing leaders

Ruth Williams

Change of job

Ruth Williams

Midwife podcasts

Ruth Williams

Nursing and Midwifery Council

Ruth Williams

Spiritual care

Ruth Williams

Information on prescribing

Ruth Williams

Out for consultation

Key conference

Diary

Saving lives: why the media’s portrayal of nurses puts us all at risk

Dame Betty Kershaw

The quantum leader: applications for the new world of work

David Foster

Recommended reading

Susan Fairlie

Protecting health in Europe from climate change

Martin Ward

Attention to details

Deborah Clatworthy

Transforming community services

Viv Bennett

Happy days

Lynne Humphries

Call for greater scrutiny of consultants

On the move

Calls for mandatory surveillance of all bloodstream infections

Needlestick prevention guidelines should be adopted immediately

NHS staff face ‘biggest financial challenge ever’, health leaders warned

News in brief

Productive wards hailed for transforming care

Nick Lipley

Designing a new system

Donna Kinnair