Staying informed: the value of summary care records

Jane Smith

Ensuring clients have the capacity to consent to treatment

David Rose, Adam Cook, Harsharn Singh Khatkar, Jenny Shead

Improving services through co-operative learning

Deirdre Corby, Eamonn Slevin, Wendy Cousins

Sensory processing in people with Asperger syndrome

Rohit Shankar, Kathryn Smith, Virupakshi Jalihal

Nursing education: the disseminated model

Nicola Braid, Samuel Abdulla

On the web

Research round-up

Steve McNally

Noticeboard

Diary

Breaking down barriers

Tania Threlfall

Art review - Light Show. Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London (until April 28)

Phil Brecht

People come first

Alex McClimens

Government pledges to act on Winterbourne ‘catastrophe’

Colin Parish

‘Binge drinking’ among mothers raises number of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Charlie Callanan

How parents adapt to their children’s Down’s syndrome

Demographic change will trigger huge rise in client numbers

Minister vows to take control of service improvements

News in brief

Staff rely too much on restraint and seclusion, says health regulator

Primary care trusts carry out too few annual health checks

How about valuing people now?

Colin Parish