Primary care training for adults and children with confirmed anaphylaxis requiring treatment with adrenaline

Samantha Walker, Jan Chantrell, Sue Clarke, Ruth McArthur, Celia Proudfoot, June Roberts, Justine Allen

A qualitative study of perceptions of using prophylactic penicillin in patients with sickle cell disease

Mina Abedian, Jo Howard, Heather Rawle, Veronica Thomas

Use of chillies in health care

Edin Lakasing, Sonia Grover

Keeping people out of long-term care with rehabilitation

Fiona Hewison, Pauline Stevenson, Lisa Kelly

Treatment of idiopathic constipation in children and young people

Penny Dobson, Janet Blannin

Nursing and midwifery council

Tina Bishop

Motivational interviewing for smoking cessation

Quinten Clarkson

General practitioners trained in motivational interviewing can positively affect the attitude to behaviour change in people with type 2 diabetes

Applying motivational interviewing to counselling overweight and obese children

Diabetes prevention strategies should target children

Electronic health record use can increase clinician confidence

Single lens glasses recommended for active older people

Antibiotics should be prescribed for the shortest time possible

Noticeboard

Support for parents

Diary

Self-management plans

Kim Wood

Coping with headaches and migraine

Laura Thompson

Caring for older people in the community

Linda Dobrzanska

Reflecting on practice

Bethann Siviter

Free at the point of delivery

Roy Lilley

All change for the NHS

Patients experience the health benefits of putting pen to paper

Julie Penfold

RCN calls for nurses’ responses to white paper proposals

Take a look at our revamped website

Lack of school nurses means more work for busy health visitors

NHS Direct working from home trial proves successful

Nurses urged to become pillars of the community

News in brief

Addiction to reorganisation

Lynn Young