Emergency contraception

Kathy French, Sue Ward, Judy McRae, Theresa Nash

Sedation

Brian Houltram, Mike Scanlan

Benchmarking in post-anaesthetic care

Karen Dearden, Chris Hewitt

Clinical skills for nurses in medical assessment units

Lisa Carroll

Dr Lisbeth Hockey OBE

Laurence Dopson

Outside ln

David Newnham

Skills labs have their limits

Alison Havenhand

Why should I convert

Jennifer McKenna

Training nurses for real problems

Liam Clarke

The power of positive thought

Elizabeth Slocombe

A question of education

Tom Murray

Our SHA supports clinical leadership

David Johnson

Our palliative care is excellent too

Carol Smith

Denmark pays for its standard of care

Debbie Kings

Pathophysiology, Homeostasis and Nursing

Tim Collins

In search of a perfect ombudsman

Helen Glenister

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

It might be the latest fashion, but getting a tattoo is not without risk

Linda Thomas

Active or reactive?

Lynne Fleming

Rights of the child

Marc Cornock

Nurses can play a vital role in fighting the damage caused by smoking

Beverly Malone

Standard life - Living wills are all very well but what about the will to live?

Daniel Allen

Readers panel

Brid Hehir, Mike Lehane, Julie Walden, Sue Szczepanska

Up where we belong

Jane Bates

Starting Out - It’s okay for nurses to cry, student Barbara Kombe has learned

Barbara Kombe

Why we love to nurse

Talking headache

Carol Davis

Take heart

Caroline Swinburne

Prison reform

Jo Carlowe

A voice of reason

Dina Leifer

Martial arts good for fitness in middle-aged people

Blood transfusion associated with wound infection

Long sun exposure risks the development of maculopathy

Surgeons prefer conservative approach to cholecystectomy

News in brief

Research on resuscitation

Under 16s to get new sexual advice

On the move

Genetics knowledge will be essential, say experts

Felicity Waters

Learning disability action plans off to a slow start

Paul Dinsdale

Students call for bursary parity

Walk-in centre part of Northern Ireland overhaul

New home for nursing history

Seacole’s story in stone

Donors resent letters

More transfusion mistakes at night

Christian Duffin

More to public service reform than sound bites

Nurses take the triathlon plunge

Patient choice attacked as a political red herring

Graham Scott

NHS unveils new induction video

Scotland sees expansion in specialist nurses

Outcomes improve with rise in nurse numbers

Paul Dinsdale

Catch my drift

Women losing out on pensions

Call for a taste of Hell’s Kitchen on the ward

Passive smoking research needed

Agencies accused over limited hours visa scam

Health visitors given free hand in vote on pay deal

Sarah Harrison, Jennifer Trueland

Political football kicks off

Jean Gray