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Children need protection, but we should give them room to grow

28 April 1999

Nursing Standard

Perspectives: letters

I wish to respond to a number of points made in Brid Hehir's article 'a grown-up approach' (Perspectives, April 14).

Lack of money is a barrier to furthering education

21 April 1999

Nursing Standard

Perspectives: letters

I am writing to agree with Jill Axcell's letter (April 14) on students attending conferences.

Investment in staff is investment in patient care

12 October 1999

Nursing Standard

Perspectives: letters

It seems that the generosity afforded by the government last year is thought to be resolving recruitment and retention problems and leading to the development of a...

I was left feeling as if I had been the victim

26 April 2000

Nursing Standard

Perspectives: letters

'Defence mechanisms' (Opinion April 12) made me reflect on a similar incident. I was instructed to attend an internal disciplinary hearing of a nurse I had...

New advocacy service is just a corporate old PALS act

30 August 2000

Nursing Standard

Perspectives: letters

I was interested in the article 'Stand by me’ (Analysis August 16), which looked at the patient advocacy and liaison services that are to replace Community Health...

Practical care adrift on an ocean of compassion

30 August 2000

Nursing Standard

Perspectives: letters

The corpus of evidence for the effectiveness of spiritual healing (Outlook August 16) consists entirely of anecdote and is of no scientific merit.

Fifty agency hours a week to make ends meet

10 May 2000

Nursing Standard

Perspectives: letters

I started nurse training 11 years ago, but had to leave before qualifying. I started again in 1999, but to make ends meet I have to work more than 50 hours a week...

Government is ignoring the value of experience

27 October 1999

Nursing Standard

Perspectives: letters

I feel fortunate to work for a community trust that values its staff and actively promotes their development. However, I feel very undervalued by the present...

Old is more than useful if not necessarily beautiful

27 October 1999

Nursing Standard

Perspectives: letters

I keep reading the NHS is short of nurses. If this is so, why is it that once nurses in senior management positions reach around 50, so many are dispensed with?

How effective is your telemedicine equipment?

24 May 2000

Nursing Standard

Perspectives: Letters

I am a specialist registrar in A&E medicine, currently engaged in full-time research. My main area of study is the use of telemedicine to support minor injuries...