Lead the way

Pamela Samuel

Developing portfolios for peri-operative nurses

Marilyn Williams

Using non-invasive ventilation in acute wards: part 1

Philip Woodrow

Menorrhagia: endometrial ablation or hysterectomy?

Karen Paddison

Learning is about a long list of real-life skills

Maria Gough

Understaffing could have been prevented years ago

Agnes Smith

We need charter of rights for care home residents

Carol Dimon

Leave pre-reg training out of the NHS University

Andy Pike

Doctors not getting the cross-infection message

Nuala Priest

We must prevent a crisis in prison nursing recruitment

Sue Haworth

I am leaving because students are not valued

David Archdale

Their Rights: Advance Directives and Living Wills Explored

Wendy Boothroyd

Hospital Acquired Infection

Jean Kerr

Outside in

David Newnham

The polypill could cost the health service dear

Christine Duffill

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

Give and take

Peter Cudd

Experience of a lifetime

Beverly Malone

Starting out - It’s always best to admit a mistake, as student Ophelia Ankrah found

Ophelia Ankrah

Readers panel - One for all

Sue Szcezepanska, Karla Buswell, Steve Flatt, Brid Hehir

Research notes

Roger Watson

Nothing to sneeze at

Chervonne Chamberlain

Eye-opener

Jennifer Percival

Standard life - Are you ready for the NHS theme park? Just think of the cuddly toys

Daniel Allen

A foot in the door

Mary Hampshire

‘We hope this will make a real difference’

‘The scoring tool gives nurses ammunition’

‘It gives me a firm evidence base’

‘We want more science in our workforce planning’

Mix and match

Adele Waters, Debbie Andalo

Polymer could reduce need for glasses as people age

Aspirin use before off-pump bypass surgery is safe

Skin sparing mastectomy has better cosmetic results

Tool predicts children’s risk of post-traumatic stress disorder

Listening to the vulnerable ‘could save lives’

The green paper’s recommendations

Childrens nurses in line for pay and conditions review

Plan to speed up child nursing conversion

Listen to the children and raise standards, says CHI

Sarah Harrison

Larger than life idol inspires health clinic

Call for US to follow UK lead on ‘zero lifting’

Trust defends its ‘no lift’ decision to protect staff

Christian Duffin

Exceptions to A&E rule

‘Terrible and tragic’ scenes in Iraq

Herbal remedies should be on pre-op checklist

On the move

Day surgery patients put at risk of hypothermia

Rael Martell

Sunnier climes lure UK nurses

Labour statistics that don’t work

New group set to review professional development

Colin Parish

Warning over ‘near miss’ culture

The Coughlan case

Rethink likely on care home funding

Colin Parish

Computerised roster popular

Tories will scrap pay review body

Refugee nurses will make all the difference

The right tools for the job

Jean Gray