Student life - Happy returns

Debbie Cheyne

Help yourself

Ann Marie Barnard

Learning curve

Ian Birkinshaw

Help yourself

Ann Marie Barnard

Notice board

Positive turn

Jennifer Percival

Consent

Infection control: the environment and service organisation

Dinah J Gould

Infection control:the environment and service organisation

Dinah J Gould

Utility and limitations of genetic testing and information

Aoife N Bradley

Evaluating a respiratory intermediate care team

Sue Ward, Helen Barnes, Rachel Ward

Making the most of research opportunities for nursing

Woody Caan, Andrew McVicar, Valerie Shephard

Amicus will support any change for the better

Gail Cartmail

Why the RCN needs a cost improvement programme

June Clark

Primary care ain’t broke, so why try to fix it?

Louise Potts

Breast is best, but informed choice is first priority

Helen Nash

Looking for an effective model of case management

David Cochrane

Students who work should be paid minimum wage

Sarah Hussy

Looking forward to buying some luxuries – bread and milk, for example

Wendy Clarke

Beauty and Misogyny – Harmful Cultural Practices in the West

Barbara Borwell

An Essential Medical Miscellany

Francis Biley

Primary Care Trust Workforce Planning and Development

Stephen Callaghan

The Good Straight Englishwoman

Dopson Laurence

Primary Care Trust Workforce Planning and Development

Stephen Callaghan

Who will protect the innocent from smoke?

Jane Bates

Medical records – use and abuse

Julietta Patnick

Agenda for change

Moira Davies

The best of the week’s health-related TV and radio

Margaret Paul

Webwise

Andrew Sergent

OutsideIn

David Newnham

Voices - Beverly Malone looks at ‘crunch issues’ for nurses, including pension reform

Beverly Malone

Mortal thoughts

Marc Cornock

Charitable view

Rosemary Cook

‘Drive-thru’ spirituality

Stephen Wright

Standard life

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - Media role

Christopher Humm, Chris Mayer, Jane Scullion, Christopher Barber

Starting out - an appreciative patient showed me the importance of trust

Natasha Trenchard-Turner

Hepatitis C nightmare

Eye on the needle

Lynne Pearce

Sharp thinking

Watterson Linda

Access to emergency contraception does not change behaviour

Dyspepsia long-term outcome following gastroenteritis

All types of depression are alleviated by bright light treatment

Midwives uncomfortable with vaginal examination

You’ll never have it so good again

Colin parish

'We want a bursary that will let us live rather than exists'

Christian Duffin, Adele Waters

‘We want a bursary that will let us live rather than exist’

Christian Duffin, Adele Waters

Cancer nurse’s victory inspires her to continue campaign for others

Paul dinsdale

Miners challenge care bills

News in brief

Trust turnaround on district nurse cycling decision

Choicemayhide privatisation aim

Bill doult

Fine for 'SOS' speeding

Senior RCN staff are paid far too much, says former president

Colin Parish

Student failure trauma for staff

Placements lost as wards are closed

Compulsory maths test considered

Christian Duffin

Midwives want ‘co-op’role

‘You can’t afford NOTto give staff a substantial rise’ – unions tell NHS

Sarah Harrison

Staff Council group aims to protect equality

Most nurses believe they can earn more elsewhere

Sarah Harrison

Anger over primary care consultation

Soldiers’ hospital in need of funds

Surveys reveal extent of likely job cuts as trust managers tackle debt

Christian Duffin

Topsy turvy approach

Jean Gray