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Pioneers of independence

Katrina MacLaine

Student life - do your patients rate you?

Karen Elcock

Psychoeducational management

Patricia Chatto

Diagnosis, treatment and nursing management of patients with pilonidal sinus disease

John Timmons

Perineal tears and episiotomy

Dinah Gould

Correct technique for using aerosol inhaler devices

Jane Leyshon

Developing critical analysis skills in academic writing

Judie Knowles, Sarah McGloin

Disturbing account of young man let down by the system

Tony Turnbull

More reorganisation is the last thing the NHS needs

Lee Davies

If only all NHS managers focused on winning methods

Sara Chase

RCN members should have a formal vote on pay award

Andrea Jones

Nurses cannot find a job but i just worked a 15-hour day

Chris Driver

Mothers face significant barriers to breastfeeding

Jasmin Mathies

We ‘militant lactavists’ want to help mothers and babies

Helen Nash

Students need guidance to support nutrition plans

Steph Collins

Drugs such as ritalin have an impact on communication

Alison Grimes

Teenagers will be teenagers – their behaviour is not a medical disorder

Mary Jane Saunders

AMA Manual of Style - A Guide for Authors and Editors: Tenth edition

Roger Evans

Understanding Your Young Child With Special Needs

Bruce Lindsay

The Must-have Health Guide - Bubbling with Straight-talking Advice on Life’s Embarrassing Problems

Zulfkar Hussain

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

Margaret Paul

Webwise

Kath Sharples

Starting out - listen to your conscience when you work under supervision

Steve Oven

Standard life

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - licensed to being drink

Stephen Weeks, Marie John, Christopher Humm, Moyra Baldwin

Abortion

Jane Bates

OutsideIn

David Newnham

Expert witness

Sue First

VOICES-Learning a few words in sign language can go a long way, says Linda Thomas

Linda Thomas

The food fighters

Ending the isolation

Catharine Sadler

Safety first

Carol Davis

Score can predict relapse to alcohol after liver transplant

Milk and dairy foods can protect men from metabolic syndrome

Women who smoke in pregnancy may affect sons’ future fertility

Exposure to war crimes and attitudes to peace in Uganda

A prudent prescription for the NHS

Howard Catton

Mother backs sacked midwife who ignored ban on home births

Roger Bushby

Lone worker advice added to employers’ guide

Midwife role in suicide prevention

Hospitals fail on promoting breastfeeding

One nurse and her dog chosen to represent England in trials

Staff ‘distraught’ as patients are transferred during Unison strike

Colin Parish

News In brief

Out-of-hours service at risk, says watchdog

Immigration rules stifling career moves for overseas workers

£1 billion NHS surplus needed for front line nurses

Trust stamps out plastic clogs on health and safety grounds

Bank holiday battle to keep 600 jobs

Public say nurses deserve more

Unions agree to explore multi-year deal, but will insist on safeguards

Colin Parish

Allitt finding under scrutiny

‘Good health’proviso is deterring nurse recruits, says disability group

Sarah Harrison

Prejudice disables us all

Jean Gray