Keeping on course

Bashyr Aziz

Acquired brain injury: acute management

Claire Cree

Racism and personal safety: black community practitioners

Angela Knight Jackson

Students expect too much flexibility when they start on the wards

Heather Paddison

Freedom of speech must be protected

Bridget Andrews

Nurses are capable of thinking freely

Tammy Kincaid

Policies on mobile phone use needed

Helen Callanan

Don’t pseudo-intellectualise nursing

Claire Leathern

Part-time registration fee

Val Moore

In defence of our trust’s partnership

Kath Griffin, Ann Clay, Terry Haley, Ruth Rayner, Martin Lee

Clarification on Agenda for Change

John Humphreys

Work suspensions strike a chord

Stephen Weeks

Speed is the most important factor in suspension cases

Ngaire Baldock

Understanding Breast Reconstruction

Paula Gawthorpe

Practice Development in Community Nursing: Principles and Processes

Martin Ward

Outside ln - David Newnham fights viruses and well-meant advice

David Newnham

The shopping lurgy

Mike Lehane

Flexible? Only at a stretch

Nursing should carry a health warning

Jane Bates

StartingOut - Student Jane Curtis learns the power of effective care

Jane Curtis

Weights and measures

Sally-Ann Deaves

Our message is clear: there should be no tuition fees for nursing students

Beverly Malone

Research notes

Paula McLaren

Readers Panel - Enquiring minds

Stephen Weeks, Marie John, Moyra Baldwin, Christopher Humm

Pick yourself up

Jennifer Percival

Standard life - Modernising the NHS, like Diy, is heavy going but rewarding, says Daniel Allen

Daniel Allen

Nice and easy does it

Elizabeth Lynch

White cells count

Rael Martell

Hidden from history

Pat Healy

Idyll or nightmare?

Robert O’Connor

Power to the people

Lynne Pearce

Antibiotic can help children with cystic fibrosis

Herpes zoster less likely in older people practising tai chi

Specialist nurses improve door-to-needle times

Dietary fat intake not related to risk of stroke

Midwives demand action on ‘critical’ problems

On the move

Safety is biggest concern for RMNs in acute trusts

Christian Duffin

Older people’s nurse is honoured

Healthcare roles set to grow in Scotland

Staff views shape hospital design

Sarah Harrison

Fears of media backlash delay action plan for TB

Colin Parish

Deadline on long-stay hospitals is ‘drifting’

News in brief

A third of nurses still waiting for career plans

Patients’ rights crucial to fair mental health reform

Colin Parish

Cool response to foundation trusts approval

Nurse team are charity winners

Search for the best begins

Older people can be treated in their homes

Ward manager assistants cut costs and complaints

Lucy Gooding

The mental health decision

Jean Gray