Spread the word

Andrew Clarke

Notice board

Late off the mark

Vic Boyd, Stephanie McKendry

Cancer care

Karen Lever

Sexual dysfunction

Sonia Davies

Sexual dysfunction in people with long-term neurological conditions

Victoria Matthews

Reducing medication administration errors in nursing practice

Sara Wyn Jones

Familial hypercholesterolaemia: different perspectives

Jane L Jones, Edin Lakasing, Stefanos Archontakis

Male nurses are a tradition going back a good few years

David Darling

A health system to be proud of and one we should defend

Jennifer Smith

Here is a way of plugging the staff shortages at mid staffs

Sam Hendrick

Why do nurses have to pay for health articles on websites?

Bridget Ryan

Medical staff in afghanistan are worthy of our admiration

Christopher Long

Such a major policy change should go to an agmvote

James Smith, Fochabers Moray

Neutral stance is against the nursing ethos to preserve life

CE Dibble

RCN shows inconsistency in representing member views

Richard Gilbert

Neutrality provides an opportunity for open debate

Deborah Mawbey

Assisted suicide stance should receive proper consideration

Gay Lee

Stop criticising A&E departments and start giving them some credit

Tony Mulcahy

Introduction to Pharmacology – Eleventh edition

William Scott

Acute Care Oncology Nursing – Second edition

Sheila Cunningham

Healthcare Communication

Greta McGough

Acute care oncology nursing

Sheila Cunningham

Praise indeed

Jane Bates

Time us employees gave something back to the NHS

Janet Smith

Safeguard learning

James Buchan

Far-sighted eye care

Charlie Callanan

A yardstick for good practice

Garth Long

Cope with the crunch

Carol Davis

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

Margaret Paul

Webwise

Clare Norman

Starting out-onlyamothercantrulyknow andunderstandherchild’spain

Emma Brazier

Sometimes a welcoming expression is all that it takes

Jan Halstead

Readers panel-Genetics police

Jane Brown, Christopher Humm, Bríd Hehir, Sue Szczepanska

Voices

Peter Carter

Nurturing resilience in the recession

Alison Handley

Prison increases risk of subsequent high blood pressure

EMLA and amethocaine equally successful inchildren’s cannulation

Hepatitis C virus increases risk of coronary disease

Breastfeeding reduces risk of postpartum MS relapse

A man with a vision:President Obama’sb fight to reform American health care

Panoramawhistleblower’s appeal date set

Nurse can apply to be reinstated after court overturns NMC ban

Tamsin Snow

Menopause guide aims to develop staff

TV AD aims to change perceptions of schizophrenia

Police promise trust staff they will re-examine violence cases

News in brief

Health service should harness IT for better patient care, say Tories

Belgian policy to allow euthanasia retains backing of nation’s nurses

Erin Dean

NHS Direct misses call target

Swine flu vaccine call for NHS staff

Nurse-to-patient ratios should be available for public scrutiny

Trust’s uniform approach to improving care

Newly qualified staff are missing out on pay increases, unions claim

Tamsin Snow

School nurses ask to join specialist part of NMC register

‘Compassion is the duty of prison nurses’

Invest in occupational health for greater productivity, NHS told

Tamsin Snow

A compassionate approach

Graham Scott