Notice board

Information to hand

Susan Carlisle

How to claim a little more back from the inland revenue

Teri Harman

Valuing professional know-how

Catharine Sadler

Three into one don’t go

Carol Gray

Alcohol misuse in adolescents

Nicola J Davies

Intermittent self-catheterisation in women

Angie Rantell

Faecal incontinence: causes, assessment and management

Wendy Ness

Continence care

Siobhan Moore

Emotional care for women who experience miscarriage

Rachel Evans

Climb Africa’s highest peak and help combat meningitis

Liz Gough

Thanks to the A&E and ITU staff for their skill and compassion

Andrew McSorley

Nursing culture is intolerant towards those who are different

Manifesto for change provides a clear definition for staff

Graeme Hendry

The culture and values of the NHS need spiritual revision

Mary Bolton

Care should be grounded in ethical and scientific principles

Ali Handscomb

Climate of political correctness has led to spiritual neglect

Peter Gray-Read

Putting finance first and patients second lacks basic humanity

Jean Maclean

Spirituality is more than a distraction

Cris Allen

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

Margaret Paul

Good Care Guide

Dannielle Golding

Pediatric Bioethics

Valerie McGurk

The Bleeding Disease – Haemophilia and the Unintended Consequences of Medical Progress

Kayleigh Ougham

The Ethical Foundations of Social Work

Bashyr Aziz

Order online

I learned a lot about care after my daughter developed pnemonia

Allison Brogan

Readers panel - buy you own diagnocic

Tantam Kate, MacLean Shona, Hopkins Craig, Szczepanska Sue

Political world

What a carry on

Ward ready

Realise the potential

Annie Young

Rosemary Cook explains how nursing remains at the core of her new job

On the cover - Family lifeline

Jennifer Trueland

Mid staffs faces long road to recovery

Erin Dean

Cooking classes have all the right ingredients

On the Cover - ‘Hearing what happened almost brought me to tears’

Antony Sumara

On the cover - Reassess the stress

Stephen Wright, Jean Sayre-Adams

Replacing doctors with diabetes nurse specialists is cost effective and popular

Minimally invasive surgery for oesophageal cancer reduces infection rates

Calcium supplements linked to myocardial infarction, but not stroke or CVD mortality

Study dismisses theory that higher stroke rate in women is due to underuse of warfarin

Pregnant women may benefit from single scan for blood clots

A missed opportunity for clarity

Concern over the knock-on effects of growing gaps in nursing roster

Tamsin Snow

Political notebook 20.06.12

Staff underestimate the quality of their care, survey results show

Sally Gillen

World in brief

Shaving was clinical duty in 1890s

Seacole statue will diminish Nightingale, argues scholar

Every London acute trust is signed up to Care campaign

Accommodation grant is insufficient for placements

News in brief

Trust plans to bar permanent staff from taking on agency work

Tamsin Snow

Films depict the reality of life with learning disabilities

Whistleblower vindicated by findings

Commission calls for cultural shift in attitudes to older people’s care

Sally Gillen

Bahrain lead nurse acquitted on appeal

Nurse pay will be unaffected by this week’s GP industrial action

RCN’S chair of council in queen’s birthday honours

Top honour for Northern Ireland nurse

Vast majority of fitness to practise referrals fail to result in sanctions

Tamsin Snow

Hold employers to account for referrals

Graham Scott