Attitude change leaves a skills gap

Drew Payne

Primary pioneers

Lynne Wallis

Coming out at college

Cary James

Osteoporosis

Hawkes Lynda

Techniques for acute wound closure

Tanya Reynolds, Elaine Cole

A reflective evaluation of patient handover practices

Stephanie Davies, Michael J Priestley

Pre-operative fasting for elective surgical patients

Alun Woodhouse

BBC’S Casualty is not doing the profession any favours

Ann Wearing

Britain risks falling behind in education stakes

Reb Kean

Overeaters need support in their battle to lose weight

Patricia Hirst

Feeling guilty about my neglect of students

Lee Morris

Supporting people who want to smoke in hospital

Ann Dale

UKCC should have suspended, not struck off, jenkinson

Chris Jones

Helen ritchie was so modest about her achievements

Colin Davies

I will never forget the empathy and advice a nurse gave me ten years ago

Victoria Gyimah

Healthy Heart - Keep Your Heart Happy

Elspeth Raisbeck

HIV/AIDS in Europe - Moving from Death Sentence to Chronic Disease Management

Brigid McKevith

Creating a Safe Space – Good Practice for Mental Health Staff working with Lesbians, Gay Men and Bisexuals

Deidre Ryan

Agenda for change

Gerry O’Dwyer

Three essential freedoms

For one, for all

Stephen Wright

Is it safe to talk?

The genie is out of the bottle, but Daniel Allen wonders whether patients got what they wished for

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - Sexual conduct

Kate Chapman, Chris Mayer, Chiccoe Moyo, Linda Drake

David Newnham has a theory about synchronicity and gender reassignment

David Newnham

Voices - Focusing on careers

Chris Beasley

Building a new culture in health and social care

Surinder Sharma

Who, when, where?

Alison Burnal

School’s out for bullying

Carol Davis

Out in the open

Radioisotopes might carry risk for pregnant laboratory technicians

Being lean and active improves survival in colorectal cancer

High antioxidant intakes can protect against loss of sight

Plans for HIV kits on hold after false-positive results

Why we need gay history month

Sarah Harrison

Act of recognition

Sue Learner

Warnings over lung disease

Poor leadership at trust where nurse was convicted of attempted murder

Christian Duffin

NMC Bids to keep role in hearings

Draft mental health bill ‘discriminating’

NHS is ‘lacking long-term vision on diversity’

Judicial review sought for cancer drug ruling

Colin Parish

Nurses’ protest prompts change of emphasis in NHS research strategy

Scotland boasts year of growth

First-aiders to replace nurses in college’s cost-cutting initiative

Kathy Williams

Nurses bombard Gordon Brown with ‘fair pay’demand postcards

Colin Parish

Outrage at ‘quack’ nurse

Walk-in centres target train station commuters

News in brief

Renal nurse post proves hard to fill

Primary care changes get mixed response from nursing unions

Sarah Harrison

Closer control of restraint imminent

It’s easier online

Get your patients back to work

Low gay-friendly score for healthcare sector

Sarah Harrison

Hundreds fail to find a nursing job six months after graduation

Bill Doult, Thelma Agnew

Time to overhaul funding system, say care home owners

Lesbian and gay life

Drew Payne, Drew Payne