Beyond good intentions

Nicola Lee

Finnish school

Annabella Satu Gloster

Notice board

Eat, drink and be renewed

Benny Goodman

An overview of transient ischaemic attack

Paula Beech

Domestic violence: the role of health professionals

Joanne Du Plat-Jones

Nurses’ perceptions of indwelling urinary catheters in older people

Lindsay Dingwall, Ella McLafferty

Has RCN forgotten its own inflation-busting rise?

Graeme Elrick

Everyone tries to take advantage of nurses

Ajmal Khan

Online orders quickest way to receive quit smoking book

Clive Richards

Conditions are much worse for nurses working in France

Cher Richardson

Bad management is partly to blame for poor patient care

Victoria Aikins

Emergency care practitioner role is now working well

Richard Steggall

No room for ‘naughty nurses’ in a dignified profession

Amanda Gower

When will the tabloids tire of offensive stereotypes?

Julie Constable

First-name familiarity shows lack of respect for patients

Jolanta Glaser

Accept the government’s crumbs – you won’t get more

Malcolm Harrison, Smalley, Derbyshire

‘Best year ever’ ends in a scramble to slash and burn

Barry Collins

Experienced grade E nurses will all end up at the top of band five

Nancy Bell

The best of the week’s health-related TV and radio

Margaret Paul

NHS surgery could be the hottest show in town, says David Newnham

David Newnham

Making Sense of Research: An Introduction for Health and Social Care Practitioners – Third edition

Irene Mabbott

Ethnicity and the Dementias – Second Edition

Alan Chapman

Human Relationship Skills: Coaching and Self-Coaching – Fourth Edition

Brigid Breckman

The Whitsun Weddings

David Newnham

Rich dad, poor dad

Sharon Dennis

The first casualty

Rosemary Cook

Stillwatch

Zeba Arif

Miracles

Jane Bates

The highest tide

Daniel Allen

My life so far

Jean Gray

The Devil that danced on the water – a daughter’s memoir

Elizabeth Anionwu

Voices - Make raising standards for ‘ordinary’ nursing your new year’s resolution

Rosemary Cook

Laughter therapy

George Winter

Sales pitch

Jane Bates

Victorian London

Tim Madge

Ugly — the true story of a loveless childhood

Linda Thomas

The Book of Dave Will Self

Stephen Wright

Starting out - Really listening to a patient can make all the difference

Marco Tullio Suadoni

The ‘modern’ NHS is a passing fad, says thoroughly old fashioned Daniel Allen

Daniel Allen

Readers Panel - In the slow lane

Sue Szczepanska, Bríd Hehir, Steve Flatt

Sweet solution?

Carol Davis

A patient’s story

Powerful persuasion

JO Carlowe

Risk of myocardial infarction in patients with severe psoriasis

Drinking cola might increase risk of fractures in women

Middle ear effusion in children linked to virus and allergy

Progress towards healthcare equity in the past nine years

Beverly malone leaves with a rallying cry: keep on fighting

Colin Parish

New faces lead the profession

Cost of nursing rises further

Nurses rally against jobs cuts while evidence reveals their true worth

It was the best of years; it was the worst of years

Graham Scott

Nurse in floral dress is the ideal woman, says Grazia survey

Drive against cuts in mental health jobs and services

NMC ‘Mauling’ ruling upheld by high court

Consultant to run gum clinic

Call for better identification of eating disorders in primary care

Christian Duffin

News in brief

Nurses win damages for unfair dismissal

Healthcare staff tested for polonium-210

‘Super A&Es’ could limit opportunities in trauma care

Older patients given catheters they do not need, study shows

Colin Parish

Press body tightens mental health rules

Lawyers are biggest winners as NMC counts cost of hearings

Colin Parish

MPs amazed at ignorance over temporary staff numbers

Long hours and soaring debts are ‘lethal cocktail’ for students

Commission hit by rise in complaints

Brown orders local pay review

Case dropped against nurse in accidental patient death

Tamsin Snow

Slow justice is no justice

Jean Gray