Diary

Closing the theory-practice gap: a new paradigm for nursing

Gary Rolfe

Self-directed learning in counsellor training

Mary Charleton

Personal development in counsellor training

Hazel Johns

Managing people in the health service

Jane Weightman

Business planning for NHS management

Carolyn Semple

Reports and books

Anna Coute, David J Hunter

All change in the NHS

David Rye

Leading to politics

Ruth Northway

The welsh connection

Marion Andrews Evans, Jeremy Felvus

Accreditation a new fad?

David Spencer

Risk management in mental health

Hilary Merrett

The interview Yvonne Moores

Prepare to educate

John Stock

Reducing the harm

Jan Long

New appointments

Karlene Davis, Ann Atkinson, Sandra Hallett

RAG calls for wider debate on rationing in the health service

Focus on the King’s Fund

UKCC selects market research company

Survey helps to solve GP recruitment

Seminars to widen the use of national accreditation scheme

Experimental accreditation programme is developed nationally

Nursing Policy and Practice highlighted by RCN AGM

RCN awards new fellowships at the AGM

Survey on nursing supply and demand makes for bleak reading

June Girvin

Editorial

Tom Keighley