New perspectives

Susan Fairlie

Using a performance management framework to improve quality

Jackie Thomas, Deborah Humphrey, Sarah Warmington

Public Sector Scorecard

Max Moullin

Clinical simulation: a better way of learning?

Elizabeth Haidar

Technological innovations: from bench to bedside

Glenn Robert

How productive wards can improve patient care

Sophie Blakemore

Out for consultation

World class commissioning

Ruth Williams

Patients’ perspectives

Ruth Williams

Clinical audit

Ruth Williams

Skin cancer

Prisoners and offenders

Ruth Williams

Diary

Culture, communication and nursing

Bethann Siviter

Caring in nursing practice

Stuart Cable

Leadership for nursing and allied health professionals

Jennifer Hunt

Ethics of healthcare technology

Leino-Kilpi

Compassion in care

Mary Spinks

International outlook

Susan Williams

Community services

Ros Moore

Senior nurses’ opinions

Swine flu: the second wave

Jennifer Sprinks

On the move

Leaders must show emotional intelligence at board level

Mid Staffs Trust still employs too few nurses despite recruitment drive

RCN survey shows that working week is more than six hours too long

News in brief

Long-term vacancy rate up by 40 per cent in a year

Nick Lipley

Swine flu: coping with the strain

Donna Kinnair