Learning for life

Julia Hancock

Taking time to get ahead

Peter Callery

New opportunity

Yvette Wells

Wound management in the A&E department

Elaine Cole

Secondary health care for people with learning disabilities

Lynn Hannon

Nursing theory: its importance to practice

Sarah Colley

Tired old plot hasn’t changed in 30 years

Kevin Law

Outside in

David Newnham

Are foxes more important than needlestick injuries?

David Harding-Price

Culture demands a system of shared meanings

Mary Curtis St

Nursing team made me feel appreciated

Melissa Parkes

Care home patients have a right to same treatment

Carol Dimon

Constant vigilance is the only way to beat prejudice

Stephen Weeks

Healthcare assistants do get valuable support

Hilma johnston

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

Margaret Paul

An honest view of leadership

Peter Gilbert

Take Heart: A Guide to Coping with Cardiac Surgery

Elizabeth Kent

A-Z of Management for Healthcare Professionals

Peter Gilbert

Starting out - On her first paediatric placement Dawn Henstock found that touch can often say more than words

Dawn Henstock

Changing places

Juliet MacArthur

Research notes

Richard Wilson

Minor problems

Karen Dutton

The balance of power

Moyra Baldwin, Chris Buswell, Jane Scullion, Jane Brown

Standard life-Improving men’s health isn’t rocket science… well actually, it is

Daniel Allen

Learning for life

Julia Hancock

Taking time to get ahead

Peter Callery

New opportunity

Yvette Wells

The balance of power

Hazel Walker

Case by case

Proposals for the future

If you have a complaint

Major shortfall

Live and learn

Disillusioned

Valuable asset

‘I have got nothing’

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Getting the message across

Julian Tyndale-Biscoe

Lack of information

An uncertain future

The state of our pensions

Adele Waters, Rosalind Bal, Julian Tyndale-Biscoe

Counting the costs

Anthony Garvey

Japanese diet linked to lower risk of breast cancer

Sugar coating may keep coronary arteries patent

Restricted activity predicts decline in older people

Probiotics can protect children from eczema for four years

Our nurses are enthusiastic about role development

Donna Knight

Latest schizophrenia drugs prove their worth

On the move

Specialist posts are key to success of heart strategy

Sarah Harrison

Stars don’t reflect care

Staff should set their own targets

Christian Duffin

‘The situation is worse than before the war’

Austin

Recommendations on reducing violence in the health service

Good security works at King’s

All staff will be trained in defusing violent situations

Christian Duffin

News in brief

Childbirth choices limited by shortages and closures

Bill Doult, Sarah Harrison

Trusts told to cut use of agencies

RCN takes leadership programme to trusts

Older staff need more flexibility to stay on at work

Award will help open doors

Ministers will press ahead with later retirement age

Colin Parish

Theatre nurses insist on band 6

Shipman’s practice nurse seeks damages for stress

Colin Parish

Proud moment

‘Long hours’ a factor in ward sister’s suicide

More than one way to deal with violence

The price of poor advice

Jean Gray