A specialist kind of dilemma

Stephen Rowley

The business of diversity

Danielle Weekes

Notice board

Focusing on the needs of Jamaican nurses in the UK

Paulette Lewis

Community counts

Diane Armstrong

Diabetes complications

Matthew Creaven

Acute oxygen therapy

Sonia Davies

Oxygen therapy for acutely ill patients in community settings

Dave Lynes

Preventing the spread of acute respiratory viral infections

Dinah Gould, Nick Drey

Initial management of patients in an emergency situation

Rick Dean, Joe Mulligan

VIP card for people with learning disabilities

Jacqui Hollingsworth

Ongoing development of nurses’ roles is exciting

Elizabeth Haidar

There is little sign of a staffing crisis in my region

Marie Appleton

Obituary brought back fond memories of work colleague

Marion Russell

The minimum wage will put more pressure on students

Brian Pratt

Have any other care centres tried therapeutic gardening?

Annie Pollock

Gardening initiative is a positive example for us all

Greta McGough

Sister is the solution to nanny state’s problems

Mary Ryan

Empowering sisters would help to improve the quality of patient care

Betty Evans

Mosby’s Handbook of Herbs and Natural Supplements – Fourth edition

Annie Hallett

The Menopause – Ask the Experts

Amanda Hillard

Stranger on the Shore

Heather Skirton

PR wars

Jane Bates

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

Margaret Paul

Webwise

Sue Campbell

Starting out - The hour I spent with an anxious patient was essential to her care

Ben Stockdale

Simplify mileage allowances without delay

Barrie Brown

Readers panel - Making us better

Alison Crumbie, Jane Brown, Lorraine Jeffs, Jane Scullion

OutsideIn

David Newnham

A new tolerance

Zeba Arif

Voices - Elizabeth Anionwu discovers Mary Seacole was a celebrity in her time

Elizabeth Anionwu

Dying for a drink

Charlie Callanan

Therapeutic tales

Carol Davis

Falls responsible for most injuries sustained by rock climbers

High nicotine exposure threat to passengers of smokers’ cars

Multidrug resistant P aeruginosa amenable to colistin treatment

A mediterranean diet and exercise prevent dementia

Quality time is the vital ingredient for improving care, safety and experience

Adele Waters

Nurses set out the case for honouring pay deal

Esther Tanton, Scott Justice, Paul Jebb, Rachel Conway

Up for grabs: future salary increases under threat as NHS seeks savings

Early intervention cuts sickness rates

Commission’s ten ‘hot topics’ are central to profession’s future

Erin Dean

Midwife shortage may thwart government goals

Nurses face hearing over A&E wait times

Workload survey investigates effect of team numbers on patient care and safety

News in brief

Patients to have cancer tests within seven days

Charities call for clarity on care pledge

Slash-and-burn cuts will not be tolerated, health chiefs are told

Bill Doult, Richard Staines

Doubts raised over free parking proposal

Charity’s highest award goes to prescribing pioneer

Swine flu vaccines to arrive at general practices next week

Richard Staines

Audit shows improvement in higher education

Socialise responsibly, students warned

RCN will update knife injuries advice due to nurse demand

NHS staff report downgrading of posts as focus falls on wages bill

Tamsin Snow

Nurse leaders say BME bias is still prevalent

More work to be done

Joan Myers