Leading staff on many fronts

Tom Keighley

Notice board

Learning global trends

Kath McCourt

Management: more than child’s play

Nick Mulholland

All in it together

Dawn Morley

Undernutrition

Lynda Latham

The psychosocial effect of epilepsy on adolescents and young adults

Sarah Collins

An evaluation of sharp safety blood evacuation devices

Joanna Ford, Peter Phillips

Improving the health care of women living with domestic abuse

Caroline Bradbury-Jones, Fiona Duncan, Thilo Kroll, Maxine Moy, Julie Taylor

Yates, Moyra

Laurence Dopson

Moyra Yates 1954-2011 Nurse, modern matron and textile designer

Laurence Dopson

Young people with depression need safer drug treatments

Ged Flynn

Selling coursework on ebay puts patient safety at risk

Organ donation registrants will receive a better service

Anthony Clarkson

The government must act to improve older people’s care

Bashyr Aziz

Financial penalties are the only way trusts will listen

Gary Jones

Spot checks are essential to expose problems and improve standards

Rick Dean

Cancer – Beginner’s Guides

Deirdre McGrath

Nurse! Nurse! A Student Nurse’s Story

Laurence Dopson

A Practical Guide to Working with Reluctant Clients in Health and Social Care

Cathe Gaskell

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

Margaret Paul

Webwise

Sue Cross

The first lady launches battle against obesity

Anne Diamond

Medicines management

Matt Griffiths

Starting out-The best thing that I could do was to step back and observe

Camille Short

The best thing that I could do was to step back and observe

Camille Short

Workforce

James Buchan

Readers panel

Linda Drake, Janet Smith, Scott Justice, Esther Tanton

Outsidein

David Newnham

This has to stop

Jim Blair, Ian Mansell

Voices

Jean Gray

Reality check

Hygiene fiascos peaked last week

Financial support for global vaccines should be welcomed

The quiet heroes

Mary Chiarella

Wasted opportunities

Catharine Sadler

Playing video games causes boys to eat more, regardless of hunger

Ask about work hours to improve risk score for heart disease

Early testosterone levels could increase risk of sclerosis

Link between breastfeeding and child behaviour proven

Counting the cost of failure

Trusts line up to attack national terms in drive to make savings

Drive to combat learning disability hate crimes

Practice nurses express greatest pessimism about care provision

Christian Duffin

Helen’s innovative pager could help clear call-bell confusion

Social care Failings ‘will affect staff’

Dossier reveals trusts abandoning national terms

Libraries used for health check-ups

RCN plans ‘vigorous’ challenge to proposed pension changes

Petra Kendall-Raynor

News in brief

City hospital closures could be in patients’ interests, insists Carter

Admin staff volunteer to help at mealtimes

Award winners enjoy audience with the Prime Minister

Leading nurses from around the UK to meet Prime Minister

College due to advise on amended bill

Review into Panorama home begins

Responsibilities of nurse leaders will be increased, says NMC chief

Sarah Harrison, Erin Dean

Regulator advises staff to retain evidence of continued learning

Tamsin Snow

Victory in fight to save nursing school

In a position to help

Graham Scott