Getting the message

Frank Glascott

An agenda for change

Promoting good practice

Jane Salvage

Laid off thickly

Laid on thickly...

The nurse in trauma care

Mike Paynter

Extended roles

Barbara Vaughan

Skill mix and match

Glynis Markham

Directions in Nursing Research

Tim Crossfield

Cardiovascular disorders

Chris Jones

Intravenous Medications for Critical Care

Bernard Place

Director to heal rifts

A properly regulated system?

Paul Chapman

Crossword

Mental Health Act amendments

Rosemary Tidby

Penfriend for Zimbabwe

Gift Michelle Green

Puffin books club reunion

Kaye Webb

‘Red Cross’ Lockerbie error

Graham Percival

Effective staff utilisation

Les Storey

Health visitor ‘major changes’

PB Robinson

Part-timers losing out

Linda Nazarko

Open learning and nursing practice

Marjorie Gott

An introduction to experimental method

Jennifer Sleep

Demystifying intensive care

Christopher Turnock

Developing a new philosophy in the NDU

Caroline Warfield, Kim Manley

Sexual activity and the stoma patient

Anne Topping

Romanian rescue

‘Levelling the field’

The close of a chapter

Skin changes and inhaled corticosteroids

Reducing peritonitis in CAPD treatment

Helpful drug in refractory epilepsy

Asians’ knowledge of diabetes is limited

Headaches caused by caffeine withdrawal

Negative smear tests and older women

Specialists needed for paediatric surgery

Early ‘preterm’ diet affects development

Call for action on colorectal surgery

News

Macmillan paediatric initiative in Manchester

Disagreement over ethnic minority care

Pledge to fight opt-out moves

Drastic cuts underway in London services

‘Voices of protest and alarm’ from nurses

News

News in brief

Parliament

Post qualification experience called for

UKCC’s cost-effectiveness scrutinised

Crunch time for grading appeals

Unions outraged over ‘hard-liner’ appointment

Community nurses are not a marketing ‘soft touch’

Hancock claims BMA/RCN credit for slow-down

Communication is seen as key to prescribing

Leicester cash crisis leads to 167 job losses

RCN appoints new Labour Relations Director

Report calls for 70% nurse cutbacks

News

Dorrell on the defensive over ‘regrettable’ delay

‘Bitter disappointment’ over binding buy off

Uncertainty and threat