Breath of life

Liz Dunn

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Working together

Barbara Clague

Careers: network

Motivating change

Paula Hunt, Dympna Pearson

Young people’s pathway to smoking cessation

Siobhan McFeely

Rapid access for patients with head and neck lumps

Janet Robinson, Fiona Chew

Common foundation course is a good start

Joanne Hutchins

Public should be made aware of price we pay

Ewan Corbett

Too much divergence has long-term effects

Grace Boddy

Bursary situation is forcing good students to quit

Paul Denny

Zero tolerance guidance is available for staff

Meena Paterson

Violent attacks are a regular occurrence

Ideas fair helped groups to work together

Linda Drake

Inspirational writer will be sadly missed

Pat Smith

Terrorist attacks remind older generation of world war II

Gillian Watts

The best of the week’s health-related TV and Radio

Marganet Paul

Stroke of luck

Bernard Gibbon

Stigma and social exclusion in health care

Margaret Miers

Nursing Practice, Policy and Change

David Benton

Find time for supervision

Cora McKeown, Julia Thompson

Binding solutions

Joanna MacDonald

My defining moment

Claire Pratt

Ask the experts

Outside in

David Newnham

Do you have what it takes?

Moyra Baldwin, Daniel O’Leary, Linda Payne

'A head of resentment is building up among nurses and other practitioners who now have to read and respond to a mass of email from managers'

Linda Thomas

Two of a kind

FO Ettinger

Stagnating profession

Mary Daly

Special interest

Mark Jones, Sandra Rote

Standard life

Daniel Allen

Back in control

Mary Hampshire

Dealing with diabetes

For many nurses with busy lives distance learning is the only way they can continue their education. Lynne Pearce reports

Lynne Pearc

Learn while you work

Distant horizons

The problem is...

Don't stop now

Lynne Pearce

Flawed and limited

Buying time for transplant organ transport

People taking statins less likely to lose their eyesight

Spread of multi resistant bacteria in cystic fibrosis

A weekly round-up of the latest research and scientific reports from the nursing and medical journals

The levels of registered nursing required will be within one of three bands

Telephone support offered for bereaved

US officials deny public health dangers

Time to deliver 'free' care

Stars replace traffic lights in hospital ratings system

Christian Duffin

Ancillary staff threaten strike

New approach to assessments

Research helps allay MMR fears

There's more in store for cyclists

On the move

Be honest with dementia patients

Trusts' nurse-led services, improved care, says CHI

Rael Martell

News in brief

Patients 'do better' with higher staff levels

Research shows dangers of rotational shift patterns

Rael Martell

Private protest

Scots debate nurses' value

Safety call for night visits

Checkout nursing

Talks fail to break CPHVA deadlock

Third of NHS trusts do not meet catering standards

Pat Healy

Hospitals on major alert

Getting the massage across

Scotland confirms £65 flat rate

Minister promises extra funding for special needs

Graham Scott

‘I was walking through hell'

Afghan aid worker hopes to return

Nurses raise concerns over airlines’ ban on syringes

Nick Lipley

More evidence against internal rotation

Free but in no way easy

Jean Gray