Outside the fold

Lynne Wallis

Demonstrating respect for patient dignity

Bob Price

Pain assessment and cognitive impairment: part 1

Elizabeth Davies, Margaret Male, Valerie Reimer, Margaret Turner, Kim Wylie

Exploring nurses’ perspectives of stroke care

Lin Perry, Wendy Brooks, Sharon Hamilton

Calling older people’s specialists

Maria Freer

Where are the boys’ role models?

Marc Kay

Academic does not mean uncaring

Grace Spencer

NMC must tackle education head on

Peter Wildsmith

Losing in the salary postcode lottery

Patricia Brash

Support really helps new nurses

Wendy Foulger, Liz Roberts

The value of a good mentor

Janet Tompkins

Do as you would be done by

Andrea Mantle

Everyday English for International Nurses: A Guide to Working in the UK

Maura Buchanan

The Biology of Cancer

Sarah Hart

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

Margaret Paul

Outside in

David Newnham

Talking quality

Paul Harrison

Public enemy

Jane Bates

Setting the pace

Josie Irwin

Starting out

Victoria Snowdin

Strong framework

Kate Chapman

The campaign for better public toilets is a relief for us all

Linda Thomas

Wherever I lay my hat

Colin Parish

Abuse of privacy?

Christopher Humm, Moyra Baldwin, Stephen Weeks, Marie John

Standardlife

Daniel Allen

Family fortunes

Tony Gillam

A twin track approach

Paul Corry

Switching on to cognitive therapy

John Illman

The whole person

Alison Kitson

Mass destruction

Jane Salvage

Arthritis symptoms relieved with topical diclofenac

Glass contamination in IM injections is common

Weight and receptor status predict breast cancer death

Many children are getting insufficient sleep at night

Gaps in staff counselling putting patients at risk

Lucy Gooding

Heathrow nurses off to a flyer

Last ditch offer rescues pay talks from collapse

Colin Parish

Mental health bill likely to face election delay

Review urged on gas prescribing

Pain management will meet national standards

Christian Duffin

Employee services ‘staggeringly’ poor

News in brief

More spot checks for care homes

Philippines culls failing courses

Santa given the sack for ‘treating people like kids’

Christian Duffin

Call for uk-wide student index

Ignorance persists over consultant role

Sit back, press play and exercise

Training drive launched to cut falls

Colin Parish

Grading software to be delivered in the new year

Non-NHS bosses urged to adopt fair deal

Rising total of HIV cases forces education rethink

Paul Dinsdale

Trust faces high-level probe into bullying

News in brief

Santa’s helpers send gifts to Jamaica

Agenda for change knowledge and skills framework

Hope against all odds

Tim Madge