Foot notes

David Newnham

Network

International

Mental health nursing

Martin Ward

Networking

David Benton

Genetics and disease

Sheila Cunningham

Teaching patients in post-operative eye care: the demands of day surgery

Jean Cooper

Emergency services for children and young people

Kath Evans

Complementary therapies in long-stay neurologyin-patient settings

Edith Walsh, Colin Wilson

Getting evidence into practice

Seeing one's own limitations is vital

Philip Scullion

Millennium package should reflect nurses' value

Leslie Aldridge

ICN should show some heart to racial issue

Sally Jones

Obituary

Laurence Dopson

Letter

A touch of medieval mysticism?

Brid Hehir

Letter

Woody Caan

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

Tim McDougall

Something to shout about

Linda Payne

Feeding twins, triplets and more

Heather Cawthom

Winter Blues

Gillian James RGN

Social policy and health care

Ann Tait

Resources

Standard life

Daniel Allen

Standard deviation

Dean Holyoake, Brid Hehir, Chris Buswell

Let Flexibility be a friend

Janice Cloud

Duty bound

Julia Neuberger

Many happy returns

Cathy Sadler

Promised lands

Julie McCaughan

Promised lands

Jenny Knight

Promised lands

Bryan Christie

Jimmy's recipe for success

Quality tops the menu

Nick Lipley

New year new deals

Adele Waters

Apheresis as treatment for rheumatoid arthritis

Substance should repair cartilage easily

Injecting sperm may result in genetic abnormalitie

Trying to turn off the allergic response

Detecting psychiatric disorder in defendants

Letters to MPs in campaign for midwifery board

Effective supervision crucial in beating culture of fear

College will press for nationwide pay structure that values midwives

RCM warns against local pay deals after devolution

President appeals to end backstabbing

Midwives are divided over support for bottle feeding

The Royal College of Midwives held its annual conference at the Scottish Exhibition

Car allowance

UKCC disquiet over new body

RCM honour stop midwives

News in brief

Senior nursing posts go in Wales

News

RCN to act over lack of witnesses in Bristol inquiry

Nick Lipley

No change in stress levels for new nurses

Call for clear definition of nurse teachers’ roles

Steven Black

Nurses need quality research 'as never before'

News

UKCC begins disciplinary procedures against Lucille Ferrie after conviction

Centre of style for dundee

£10 million promised for new cancer centres across Scotland

Black Steven

Bid for specialist transfusion posts

Discretionary payments muddle means nurses could miss out

Midwives urged to keep a UK-wide perspective

Heather Stephen

Nurse education to remain with universities, parties pledge

News in brief

No lessons learned as more senior nurse posts lost

Over to you on flexible working

Linda Thomas