Make the most of your team

Carol Banks

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Chris Fehrenbach

Self-management plans in childhood asthma

Michele Harrop

Setting up a nurse practitioner service

Shirley Reveley, Mike Walsh, Alison Crumbie

Minister gets it wrong on primary care

Lesley Street

Patients still think nurses are a valuable asset

Jane Bovey

Students give us a reason to be optimistic

Stephen Weeks

Saddened by transgender nurse’s experience

Tracey Robbins

Government delay on pay evidence is a challenge

Paul Canning

More male nurses – but is the workforce shrinking?

Stephen Nicholson

It may be fiction but they’ve got it right

Anne Coombs

Topics in Nurse Prescribing

Sally Mansfield

Ageing Issues for Physical, Psychological and Social Health

Pam Milward

Advice from the specialists

Sally Mansfield

The best of the week's health related TV and Radio

Margaret Paul

Outside in

David Newnham

Does something for nothing cost too much?

Mike Lehane, Lance Carver

Sharing grief

Kelly Wilson

‘Millions of lives are again at risk as famine follows drought in Ethiopia. No wonder Sir Bob loses patience’

Linda Thomas

Dishing the dirt in the office

Tim Turner

Ask the experts

Sue Kibler

Waiting game

Zita McGregor

Direct lines

Stephen Wright

Starting out

Nat Pabla

Research notes

Kathleen Duffy

Stuck in the middle

Steve Flatt, Brendon McMahon, Karla Buswell, Bríd Hehir

Standard life

Daniel Allen

Why nurses need abig pay rise now

Andrew Lansley

Exchange rates

James Buchan

Where the grass is greener

James Buchan

Inside story

Colin Parish

Beyond the call

Christian Duffin

Children with severe burns should undergo early surgery

Post-discharge warfarin has benefits in hip replacement

Children’s heart murmurs safely diagnosed at distance

Aspirin might reduce risk of pre-eclampsia and early births

NHS deficits in Wales could lead to reduced care

NSF for children to be phased in

Sleeping on the job

Sacked G grade reinstated following staff petition

Thelma Agnew

More day surgery could free thousands of beds

Colin Parish

Fairer complaints body promised

Prescribers will pay to register with NMC

CHI commends cancer centre

Protest over new cigarette allowance

Rise in registration fails to impress

Paul Dinsdale

Patients resist dietary change

Unicef issues breastfeeding training guidance

Stalled mental health bill gives campaigners hope

Paul Dinsdale, Bill Doult

Trusts told to minimise fire risk

News in brief

Feel the beat and dance

Parties can help to improve services

Primary care overhaul will make nurses first contact

Pat Healy

News in brief

£2.2m payout for harassment

Reassurance over personal care

Unions rethink three-year deal as pay talks close

Colin Parish, Paul Dinsdale

Olympic athlete raises profile

More hospitals meeting heart attack targets

Nurse directors ideal for lead role in disasters

Delay is a chance to rethink mental health bill

Good and bad news

Jean Gray