Get ready for the front line

Pam Bradbury, Veronica Chapman, Gillian Lewis

Haemostasis, anticoagulants and fibrinolysis

Georgina Casey

Intuition and practice

Pamela Truman

Older nurses and employment decisions

Roger Watson, Jill Manthorpe, JoyAnn Andrews

Out side In

David Newnham

Caught short when answering a call from the bedside

Catriona McKay

Events and networking

Reid - a master of contradiction

Margaret Charteris

Cynical ploy to destroy NHS

Karen Chilver

NMC should take a hike

Graeme Oliver

A fickle, knee-jerk response

Karen Hughes

Unseemly haste on fee increase

Janie Macleod

A high price to pay overseas

Karen Towersey

Students in financial meltdown

Glenda Dykes

Those really were the good old days

Frances Wheatley

Pick of the week

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

Foodborne Diseases

Jean Kerr

The Challenge of Sexuality in Health Care

Angela Reynolds

Reaching a comfort zone

Catherine Paul

Ramadhan heralds a change of lifestyle for Muslim nurses and patients

Zeba Arif

Starting Out - Student Razia Siddique Khan learns the power of words

Razia Siddique Khan

My world

Jane Bates

Readers panel - Listen up

Christopher Humm, Marie John, Moyra Baldwin, Stephen Weeks

Standard life - The juggle-meisters of the NHS could show ‘Mike’ Portillo how to balance a budget

Daniel Allen

Too much too young

Catharine Sadler

Balancing act

Pat Healy

Left out of the leadership loop

Colin Parish

The buck stops HERE

Colin Parish

Magnetic insoles no better than others in heel pain

Children’s friends encourage use of bicycle helmets

Altering treatment timing in head and neck cancer

Maternal diabetes associated with cardiac malformations

Scorecards for foundation status

PFI hospital design attacked

‘Brand loyalty’ is the key to keeping staff, trusts told

Sarah Harrison

On the mowe

Students take sharing to new level

Climbié follow-up report finds persistent problems

Sarah Harrison

DoH defends its handling of first Agenda reforms

Cancer experts urge more use of consultant nurses

South African visits welcomed

Friendship helps duo to beat illness and graduate

Sarah Harrison

Extra training aims to reduce bowel cancer

CD covers diabetes in pregnancy

Acupuncture service earns reprieve with new funds

Colin Parish

RCN calls for complementary therapy feedback

Meditation aids cancer patients

Massage crosses cultural divide

Relatives given a say in running of nursing home

Attitudes to pain may be ageist

Film sets the scene on care homes

Malone warns of danger from breakaway groups

Keith Cooper

Older nurses left out in the cold by health service

Keith Cooper

More nurses choose HCA role

Midwives doubt wisdom of cuts

Staff to report on their bosses

The needs of older nurses

Doorway to success

Frances White, Mat O‘Connor, Clare Bennett, Clare Bennett, Maureen Ross, Clare Bennett, Anna Marquiss, Tania Bartholomew, Mat O’Connor, Cathy Taylor, Nita Muir