Student life - Hello, how are you? What can I do to help?

Claire Morris

More than meets the eye

Caroline French

Noticeboard

Non-EU nurses face early exit

Christian Duffin

Be heard in high places

Chronic pain in adults

Anneli Ostler

Patient advocacy: the role of the nurse

Pin Pin Choi

Signs and symptoms of dementia

Malarvizhi Babu Sandilyan, Tom Dening

Case study research

Ruth Taylor, Annette Thomas-Gregory

Win: Fundamental Care

Tweets of the week

Patients are people with names, not a bed number or an ailment

Donato Tallo

The contribution made by nurses from overseas is irreplaceable

Peggy Pryer

NHS professionals plays a vital role in workforce management

Stephen Dangerfield

The setting of nurse staffing levels must be evidence−based

Baroness Emerton, Elizabeth Robb, Katherine Murphy, Gail Adams, Peter Carter, Graham Scott, Dame Jessica Corner

What you’re saying on our Facebook page…

Katrina Moulden, Sally Cornwell, Isla Watson, Carol Whiteley, Kirsty Berrington, Nicky Bryant, Liz Tomkins, Laura Morgan

Losing unsocial hours pay would cause a mass exodus of vital HCAs

David Macdonald

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

Margaret Paul

School Nurse Matters

Craig Hopkins

History of Medicine: All That Matters

Marc Cornock

The Man Who Didn’t Go To Newcastle

Valerie McGurk

National Osteoporosis Society

John Adams

Starting out - We can only give holistic care if we look deeply at our patients’ lives

Alyssa O’Byrne

Speaking up at congress

Zeba Arif

Readers panel - Primary care for the carers

Alison Crumbie, Liz Charalambous, Linda Drake, Edwin Chamanga

Spinning out

David Newnham

Catch my drift?

Jane Bates

Think carer-friendly

Emily Holzhausen

Voices - Race equality action will go beyond the workplace, writes Yvonne Coghill

Yvonne Coghill

Rewriting the rules for outstanding care

Lynne Pearce

Do branches make it hard to be holistic?

Lynne Pearce

Syphilis

New viral therapy shown to halt the progress of advanced melanoma

Ireland and the UK have high rate of paracetamol-induced liver failure, study reveals

High adolescent body mass index doubles chance of developing colorectal cancer

Screening of Olympic athletes reveals significant cardiovascular abnormalities

Being bullied at 13 may increase risk of depression in later life

Is the NHS ripped off by agencies or its own workforce planning?

Alistair Kleebauer

Freya delivers anti-smoking message

Lack of post-acute stroke services hindering some patients’ recovery

Christian Duffin

News in brief

Nurses spend two weeks a year on admin, review finds

NHS must invest in staff development

NMC unlikely to implement training changes in next year

Welsh staffing bill takes another step forward as assembly embraces principles

New approach needed for more BME leadership

‘Hello trust, my name is Dr Granger’

Hunt’s schedule for cutting agency spend is too ambitious, warn unions

Alistair Kleebauer

New RCN leader vows to ensure nursing talent is recognised

NICE decision to suspend work on safe staffing is a ‘backward step’

Cathy Comerford

Safe staffing sidestep makes the task harder

Graham Scott