Delivering value for money

Dame Donna Kinnair

Health visiting: a critical service

Notice board

BSc (Hons) in global health and disease

Student life-Seeing the person

Julie McGarry

External fixation

Moorhouse Jessica

Strategies to improve patients’ adherence to medication

Gerri Kaufman, Yvonne Birks

Write a practice profile

External fixation

Jessica Moorhouse

Medication adherence

Strategies to improve patients’ adherence to medication

Gerri Kaufman, Yvonne Birks

Developing and implementing an oral care policy and assessment tool

Michelle Stout, Orla Goulding, Anne Powell

An educational programme for end of life care in an acute setting

Deirdre McGuigan, Susie Gilbert

Correction

Yearly medicines management training should be mandatory

Marion Russell

Working unpaid overtime is no way to manage workload

Robert Picton

Drive to meet targets may undermine learning aims

Julie Scholes

RCN is only prepared to take on pre-agenda for change claims

Chris Cox

Nurses and doctors need to discuss end of life care

Stanley John

Respecting patient choice extends to suicide rights

Jo Sims

Suicide ruling is welcomed, but presents problems too

Bill Crowder

I disapprove of the policy change on assisted suicide

Stephen Wright

Nurses should beware of putting words in their patients’mouths

Malcolm Harrison

WebWise

Roger Evans

Understanding care homes – A research and development perspective

Maria McManus

Understanding Care Homes – A Research and Development Perspective

Maria McManus

Staff support groups in the helping professions – Principles, practice and pitfalls

Sheila Cunningham

The compassionate mind

Brigid Breckman

Staff Support Groups in the Helping Professions – Principles, Practice and Pitfalls

Sheila Cunningham

The Compassionate Mind

Brigid Breckman

Starting out - conquering your fears is key to helping others overcome theirs

Laura Foran

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

Margaret Paul

No answers

Dig for victory in the worldwide war on fat

Anne Diamond

Medicines management

Matt Griffiths

A little knowledge can be an irritating thing

Jan Halstead

Readers panel - painful decisions

Julie Clarke, Scott Justice, Elsie Gayle, Sarah Esegbona

David Newnham is living on the wrong side of the digital divide

David Newnham

Healthcare support staff must be regulated

Howard Catton

Voices - seize the chance to help shape nursing’s future, urges Chris Beasley

Dame Chris Beasley

Recipe for success

Mary-Claire Mason

‘We want to go the extra mile’

Dignity in all we do

Christian Duffin

Dignity in all we do

Christian Duffin

Leisure time activity low in men employed in passive jobs

Methadone prescribing maintenance could be improved, study finds

Antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter not clinically important

Risk factors linked to onset of diabetes in later life

Why does nursing workload spike every ten years?

Keith Hurst, Justin Keen, Jean Townsend, Adam Smith

Care home sector braced for cuts

Private healthcare sector shows resilience amid economic gloom

Consultation on alternative therapy regulation launched

Leading nurse claims most staff fail to carry out essential checks

Erin Dean

Call for probe into deaths from superbug

‘Improve access to head cancer nurses’

Trust’s service innovation sees tissue donations soar

Patients to judge equality council

Police, courts and NHS pledge to tackle nurse abuse

News in brief

Crash victim inspired to join profession

Overhaul of mileage allowances will see current system simplified

Tamsin Snow

Commission analyses submissions on what makes an ideal nurse

Trusts turn to retired nurses to cope with swine flu pandemic

Christian Duffin

Staff suspended over ‘anomalies’ in A&E waiting time records

Transition smooth on hours law

Troubled hospital criticised over lack of progress

Hundreds of posts in a wide range of specialties are taking three months or more to fill

Rise in unfilled posts blamed on squeeze on overseas recruitment

Erin Dean

Meet students’ europe-wide leader

NHS must go the extra mile

Graham Scott