On fertile ground

Sue Ward

Sex and relationships education: the role of the school nurse

Sarah Thistle, Caroline Ray

Record keeping: developing good practice

Chris Rodden, Maureen Bell

Teachers’ and students’ views on self-directed learning

Jaquelina Hewitt-Taylor

Outside in

David Newnham

Time for our unions to follow the firefighters

Paul Norvill

Striking the right note

Let’s put pay into perspective

Ann Skingley

From ward to catwalk: Britain’s ‘sexy’ nurses

Donna-Simone Hutchinson

Yellow fever – setting the record straight

Penelope Rawlings

Why is it that experience does not seem to count?

Georgina McKune

We deserve our special duty payments

Carolyn Cheshire

Now, repeat after me: schools finish at 3.30pm

Cathy Calrow

Family friendly shifts or just another case of bad timing?

Leslie Aldridge

Public Health in Policy and Practice

Gill Watson

Grief counselling and Grief therapy

Phil Russell

Dealing with grief: a classic text

Phil Russell

Ask the experts

Paying hard to get

Christopher Humm

Changing times

Susan Briggs

You can’t rely on divine intervention

Mat O’Connor

Grace under fire

Ian Noonan

Manage your mentor

Jennifer Percival

Notes research

Sonya Clarke

Direct approach

Chris Mayer, Mark Robinson, Sue Hopkins, Brid Hehir

Standard life

Daniel Allen

Scales of justice

Paul Marks

In a perfect world

Alison Moore

Future focus

Rachel Lissauer

Plain speaking

Living longer, living better

An international boost of confidence

Candy Cooley

Tomorrow’s cancer

Colin Parish

The gloves are off

Pat Healy

Eating fruit and vegetables can protect against COPD

Oestrogen exposure not linked to low sperm counts

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

Young people adopted from abroad at high risk of suicide

Acupressure helps prevent post-operative nausea

Poor school toilets put children’s health at risk

Christian Duffin

Malone sets out to influence party leaders

Community team saluted

Welsh hold special hearing

Mental health coalition challenges Milburn on bill

Colin Parish

Compulsory treatment provisions ‘regressive’

More funding needed to tackle obesity epidemic

Pat Healy

On the move

Trial tests effects of hot breakfast

Play it by ear

Staff demand safety training for isolated work

Home owners plan group legal action

2003 deal on hold until new pay system is agreed

Pat Healy

Criminal records chaos leads to five-month wait

Christian Duffin

Nautical nurses mark centenary

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Rules are rules - but they should serve a purpose

Rethink the draft bill

Jean Gray