Volunteering can be a career investment

Frances Pickersgill

Not living comfortably

Kath Sharples

Parkinson’s disease

Amy Bartlett

Female genital mutilation: classification and management

Maligaye Bikoo

The role of emollients in the care of patients with dry skin

David Voegeli

Alginates: an effective primary dressing for exuding wounds

Andrew Heenan

Measuring central venous pressure

Elaine Cole

Reducing poverty in the UK: an important role for nurses

Michael Morgan

Correction

Cover image showed a lack of dignity for older patient

Liz White

Malnutrition can occur despite correct calory count

Mary Duckworth

We used to give chaplains a list of relevant patients

Pat Hayhurst

Recognition is overdue for the assistant practitioner

Tina Brown

I would like my 40 years’ experience to be recognised

Janet Bettaccini

We should graciously accept footballers’ kind donations

Linda Brooks

The old fashioned way to quit smoking was the best for me

Angela Glasby

Get rid of managers and employ more matrons

Spencer Mather

League tables belong in rugby and football, not the nhs

Tim Evans

Nurse of the year’s decision is an indictment of the nhs

Patricia Hamley

We could learn lessons from Dutch hospitals about infection control

Amanda Gower

Vital Notes for Nurses - Promoting Health

Peter Martin

Public Health and Primary Care - Partners in Population Health

Carol Singleton

Governing Global Health - Challenge, Response, Innovation

Roswyn Hakesley-Brown

Fat could help heal wounds

Keith Nuthall

Just doing my job

Caroline Tomlinson

Daniel Allen won’t hear another word about the ‘ageing population’

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - The young ones

Jane Scullion, Roger Cowell, Esther Tanton, Graham Houghton

Starting out-Painful lesson in how to deal with patients’ aggression

Amy Cray

Clean sweep

Jane Bates

David Newnham finds sport in the mantra of medical research articles

David Newnham

All in it together’

Stephen Wright

Voices - It is vital to understand safety incident reporting, says Chris Beasley

Chris Beasley

Patients and carers in the classroom

Alan Simpson

Double jeopardy

Jane Salvage

Lab tests might provide a scoring system for mortality

Women who eat whole grains reduce risk of high blood pressure

Colon cancer risk reduced in people on NSAIDs and COX-2s

Encouraging public health nurses to address poverty

Do health and social issues influence birth outcomes?

Keith Hurst

Annual hygiene inspection for every English trust

Nurses’ views on infection control ignored by boards

Tamsin Snow

Global warning

Alison Whyte

Window innovation for secure units

Appraisals improve patient care

IRIS forms banned during staff shortage

Christian Duffin

Worldwide protests over pay and terms

Older people treated unfairly by care home top-up fees, says Age Concern

Queen’s nurse award reinstated after 40 years

News in brief

Hiring 3,000 extra matrons may not improve care

NHS offers cash incentives to recruit BME staff above band 8

Christian Duffin

Cliques give white staff advantage in getting top jobs

Nurses march to support NHS

Urgent need for formal HCA training structure, says Carter

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Wage rise to be paid in november

Accused nurse predicted patients’ time of death

NMC may ban training at site of Clostridium difficile outbreak

World attention focused on poverty

80 nurses face downgrading in trust’s Agenda for Change review

Petra Kendall-Raynor, Tamsin Snow

Global attack on poverty

Jean Gray