Joys of joining the twitterati

Pam Nelmes

‘We must stand up and be counted’

Kathy Oxtoby

Get well sooner

Christian Duffin

Assessing cardiovascular risk in patients with severe mental illness

Sheila Hardy, Richard Gray

Challenges of treating military wounds

Steven Jeffery

Psychosocial effects of living with a leg ulcer

Kathryn Parker

Care of minor injuries

Alexandra Hayward

Measuring quality in nursing and midwifery practice

William Gage, Sally Heywood, Christine Norton

Pioneering academic’s legacy was to enmesh theory with practice

Pat Ashworth

Fond memories of a journalist who raised the profile of nursing

Sue Norman

The skills of older people’s nurses should never be dismissed

Ritchie Watters

Take over a hospital ward for a year and monitor the results

Michael Alexander

Clarity needed on which cases should be referred to regulator

We should not end up paying more for an unfit regulator

Bashyr Aziz

The Olympics could be part of a global strategy to combat obesity

Jennifer Bolton

The Workhouse

Laurence Dopson

Communicating with Children When a Parent is at the End of Life

Kerry Welch

Promoting Concordance in Mental Health

Alister Campbell

Using Research in Practice – It Sounds Good, But Will It Work?

Irene Mabbott

Taking time to chat with a patient had a positive effect on her health

Victoria Williams

Help protect NHS front line services from further cuts

Peter Carter

Insecticide

Tidy minded

Uniform approach

Valerie Sharkey

The NMC’s Judith Ellis explains why registration is fundamental for nurses

Immigration rules favouring high earners could leave gaps in care

Tamsin Snow

Food poisoning cases to be diagnosed with Olympic speed

Bereavement survey reveals gulf between hospital and hospice care

Sally Gillen

Nurses win compensation after pay was cut by new employer

Political notebook 11.07.12

Lansley confident of hitting health visitor target figure

Hundreds of posts to go as employer slashes spending

Patients and staff urged to nominate their NHS heroes

College endorses pre-reg course where patients assess students

Tamsin Snow

What are your views on the NMC?

Policy of building up reserves left fitness to practise under-invested

Replacement for PREP under threat

Regulator’s future at risk as CHRE review finds failings ‘at every level’

Jennifer Sprinks

Unions fear jobs squeeze is hitting minority groups more than others

Sally Gillen

RCN members join World Pride parade to raise awareness

The effect of restructuring on minority ethnic staff

Graham Scott