Pioneering spirit

Colin Beacock

Notice board

How IT is shaping up

Susan Osborne

Student life - Don’t take it personally

Joanne Hardy

Acute abdominal pain assessment

Emma Brooker

Primary angioplasty for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Marie Leahy

Clinical decision-making in cardiac nursing: a review of the literature

Nick Bakalis

Reflections on nurse independent prescribing in the hospital setting

Angela Clegg, Richard Meades, Wendy Broderick

Charging binge drinkers goes against basic ideal of NHS

Gail Dickinson

What has caused the backlog in fitness to practise cases?

Karen Reay

I have a newfound empathy and admiration for patients

Amanda Gower

Clarity on care homes and employing registered nurses

Kathryn Dellit

Eliminating barriers to staff movement between sectors

Heather Butler

If you are very ill then the NHS will do a great job

May McCreaddie

We do not deserve a pay rise for shockingly bad care

Doug Culmer

Students are about to be led up the garden path to an uncertain future

Hannah Duff

Interprofessional Working in Health and Social Care - Professional Perspectives

Owen Barr

Theory and Practice of Counselling and Therapy - Fourth Edition

Graham Sloan

The Menopause - What You Need to Know

Ellie Stewart

Hocus pocus or miracle cure?

Tim Turner

My patient power revolution

Jean Glover

All the health planning was worth it

Zeba Arif

Contact details

Jane Bates

David Newnham is braced for NHS advertising

David Newnham

Voices - The health needs of older female nurses should be a priority, says Linda Thomas

Linda Thomas

Disability equality is now compulsory

Anne McGuire

Starting out - Students on placements must never forget they are guests

Sally LeStrange

Can you congratulate yourself on being a complaint-free zone?

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - Nurse Regulation

Roger Cowell, Jane Scullion, Dean-David Holyoake, Graham Houghton

Neuronal injury subsides three months after boxing bout

Oily fish protects women from renal cell carcinoma

Psoriasis linked to latent infection with parvovirus B19

Trends in puberty and their public health consequences

Tackling the stigma of HIV

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Because we’re worth it

Paul Dinsdale, Adele Waters

Think your way out

Laurence Pollock

Advice for nurses on drug-related sexual assault

Primary care proposals threaten influence of non-medical staff

Army career on the fast track

Call for mass casualty training

Emergency nurses readied for industrial action amid cutbacks

Nick Lipley

Unions grilled over pay

Hewitt blames job cuts on trusts that employed ‘too many’ staff

Tamsin Snow

Clinicians welcome flexibility of new dementia care guidelines

Unpaid for eight months, but nurses still work in Gaza Strip

RCN helpline to switch to daytime only

News in brief

Murder review calls for A&E hiring caution

Hand hygiene study proves a clean winner

Misconduct hearing delays are ‘punishing’ nurses, Unison claims

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Separate talks on smart turnout

New guidance will define appropriate religious attire for NHS staff at work

Bill Doult, Colin Parish

Let trusts get on with it

Tim Madge