Happy accidents

Cris Allen

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Leading with confidence

Marian Bulley

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Minimising the risk of hospital transmission of pulmonary TB

Laila King

Career pathways in research: clinical practice

Joyce Kenkre, David R Foxcroft

Research career pathways

Joyce Kenkre, David R Foxcroft, Ann McMahon

Dehydration in the terminally ill patient

Diana McAulay

Star rating system will damage staff morale

Leslie Aldridge

I think - therefore I am not doing it properly

Chris McLeanIsle of Wight

Give nurse practitioners formal registration

Ghislaine Young

You can't treat health care like a production line

Christine Best Devon

All nursing students deserve an increase

Claire Anderson

A skilled health visitor can liberate clients

Woody Caan

Scrap internal ratation and leave the shifts we dread to the night owls

Elaine Hughes

Definitive Guide to the Internet

Daniel O’Leary

Making a dramatic difference

Owen Barr

What’s on: the best of the week’s health-related TV and radio

Margaret Paul

Spasm in MS

Sylvana Spencer

Run for cover

Carol Singleton, Steve Flatt, Dean-David Holyoake

Standard life

Rmn Daniel Allen

Ask the experts

To die or not to die

Linda Payne

'There are so many aspects of the ageing process that are never discussed in polite company. How many middle-aged men discuss their ear hair growth with you? '

Linda Thomas

All through the night

Victoria Reading

Beauty business

Not to be sniffed at

Gilly Andrews

Immediate access

Breaking the cycle of bad news

Nick Lipley

Carers who cross a chasm

Rael Martell, Karen Murray

No link between cancer and antihypertensive drugs

Hazards of magnetic attraction in MRI suites

Gene therapy reduced alcohol intake in lab rats

Third of nurses surveyedwant to quit smoking

TB study will test screening in general practice

Young smokers need help to quit

Health staff urged to be assertive over child abuse

Karen Murray

Training to plug gaps in drug management skills

Christian Duffin

An 'awesome role' behind bars

Fellowship for an ‘excellent role model’

On the move

Fears for waning service influence

Hopes raised over grants

Straight to the point

Nurse wins £ 140,000 forwork-induced breakdown

Christian Duffin

Triage review after mandies in A&E cubicle wait

Paul Dlnsdale

RCN urges private sector caution

Midwifery service success

Scotland to get its own food tsar

Concern for wellbeing of Afghans caught in attacks

Karen Murray

Health visitors denounce weak leadership

Trusts on alert for casualties

Forces short of trained nurses

Doctors’ overtime pay outs trips that of nurses

Christian Duffin

£1 m recruitment campaign boost

Bonuses for three-star staff

News in brief

Aiming to open up a closed world

The point of impact

Jean Gray