A direct challenge

Judy Duck

Network

Lesley Waters

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Under Pressure

Barry Hill

Listings

Delivery of intravenous therapy

Lisa Dougherty

Development of an accredited cancer care course for HCAs

Tracey McCready, Julie Macdonald

Lessons from a farmers’ health service

Mike Walsh, Dee Howkins

The cost of moving up from enrolled nurse status

Gillian Cushley Glasgow

Christmas quiz answer

Better planning can avoid handling hazards

Sally Williams Luton

Flexibility should be available to everyone

Alun Windle

Letter

Jane Wilson

Professional and personal roles in cancer care

Peter Cardy

Three months’ notice of government’s failure to reward nurses

Gail Eales, Sarah Aston, Fiona Barnes, Stephen George

The child protection handbook

John Thain

Diabetes for the well-informed

Sara Garland

What's on: the best of the week's health-related TV and radio

Make the connection

Jane Asher

Positive thinking

Beverly Malone

Research notes

Patricia Schofield

Getting ahead

Stephen Weeks, Paul Jebb, Marie John

Outside in

David Newnham

The nurse who made me

Phil Barker, Peter Cross

Sickness benefit

Marion Bowman

'Team working can enhance employees' job satisfaction and commitment. It can also be a nightmare'

Linda Thomas

Standard life

Daniel Allen

A new start

Jennifer Percival

What more do they want?

Mike Walsh

Russian front

Waters Adele

Inclusion zone

Steven Black

Could do better

Lipley Nick

A fair deal?

Pat Healy

Pressure under four-layer bandages might cause ulcers

Controlling diet to manage irritable bowel syndrome

Reasons for better outcomes in specialist stroke units

News in brief

Receptor discovery triggers hope for septic shock cases

Boxing Day is busiest ever for NHS Direct

Farmers’ health service to fold

Eminent nursing professor dies

Call for coding system to prevent medication errors

Pat Healy, Karen Murray

Keep on quitting

Shadow body in talks to secure extra funding

Karen Murray

Parliament approves new council

Nurse advisers to join DoH

Healthcare staff in war zone

How the RAE works

RCN Institute disputes 'slump'

Nursing research ranks last again

Nick Lipley

Charity welcomes collective effort

Moves to clarify research spend

Pat Healy

League table tells only part of the story

Not good enough, say unions

Lead rise won't boost numbers

Trusts welcome ‘fair’ increases

Pay rise fails to close public sector gap

Mick Lipley, Christian Duffin

Award 'too much' for small nursing homes

Why is nursing research so undervalued?

Ministers miss the point

Jean Gray