Footnotes

The young at heart

Miranda Witchell

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Lessons from the fast lane

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Sorbalgon

Poviderm

Novogel

Mepitex

Mefix

Intrasite conformable

Hospi four

Cutinova hydro

Cutilin

CombiDERM-N

Cavi-Care

The tissue viability society

Krzysztof S Gebhardt

Fever management in children

Georgina Casey

Pain and tissue trauma during dressing change

Mark Collier, Helen Hollinworth

Undertaking leg ulcer research in primary care

Joyce Kenkre, J Paul Brettle, Geoffrey Burl

Wound care on the Internet

Michael Clark

Three steps to effective wound care

Georgina Casey

The management of a patient with lymphoedema of the legs

Janice Bianchi, Marie Todd

Venous leg ulcers: the role of the GP and district nurse

Maryanne McGuckin, Jill Brooks, George Cherry

Problem drinkers among acute care inpatients

Hazel Watson

Pressure ulcer guidelines

JO Rycroft-Malone

The best of the week's health-related TV and radio

Margaret Paul

Stroke motion overlooked in blair's WI battering

Eoin Redahan

Occupational health has role in use of BCG

Patricia Mossman

Self-harm is the major concern in A&E

David Foster-Smith

Priorities lost under a mountain of paper

Tracey Dowton

Driven by demand in the healthcare economy

Steve Flatt

No place for idealism in theory and practice

Kirsty Ellis

Pay students on wards now or regret it later

Catherine Martindale

Labels for everything but the value of nothing

Lorraine Morgan

Mind over matter

Putting you wise

Andrew Keen, Norman Wisdom

Leading the way

The quiet revolution

Mark Reynolds

NHS Direct's trouble-shooter

A new point of access

Laying it on the line

Caroline Swinburne

The future of nursing

First port of call

American magnetism

Paul Dinsdale

Parents find pads easiest for collecting babies’ urine

Virgin olive oil may protect against skin cancer

Checking suicidal ideation in people with medical illness

Minimal benefits from screening for H pylori

Call for action on prison suicides

RCN to meet housing tsar

Sacked whistleblower wins £23,000 after revealing nursing home abuse

System launched fatal mistakes

Failure in cancer care

‘Early warning’ to log potentially

Bill Doult, Graham Scott

'Piecemeal' regulation review causes concern

News in brief

Infection control needs IT boost

Hospital bed audit reveals extent of harmful bacteria

Paul Dinsdale

Nursing standard award' winners receive honours

Nick Lipley

The right skill mix will save money

On the move

Scottish helpline will be ‘different’

Milburn announces 91 consultant nurse posts

Cancer strategy shows how new pay system will work

Nick Lipley

News

Public calls for more NHS staff

Leading nurse alleges racism after demotion

Christian Duffin

Wales boosts student total

Midwife case numbers vary

Overseas staff at record level

Racist patients abuse black nurses

Our millennium nurses do it again

This strategy is worth a read

Linda Thomas