Next rung of the ladder

Professional backup

Alan Simpson

Price worth paying

Benny Goodman

Hip and knee replacement surgery

Michelle Mitchell

Elective and emergency defibrillation

Jackie Tough

Alcoholic dilated cardiomyopathy

Anna Adam, Christopher Nicholson, Lynn Owens

Safe use of rectal suppositories and enemas with adult patients

Anne Pegram, Jacqueline Bloomfield, Anne Jones

Use of the internet to optimise collaborative healthcare research

Rachel Taylor

Our role combines knowledge with direct patient care

Ann-Marie Rossiter

Fighting spirit like barbara’s is just what patients need

Kim Hudson

Unsocial hours change will not leave nurses worse off

Gerry O’Dwyer

I was horrified at the lack of care shown to my mother

Greta Thornbory

Simple acronym may help with drug calculations

Helen Cottle

Patients are more likely to listen if we practise the advice we preach

Margaret Stubbs

Shadows in Wonderland – A Hospital Odyssey

Suzan Smallman

Crime, Drugs and Social Theory – A Phenomenological Approach

Marc Cornock

Self Awareness in Health Care

Hazel Courtney

Public enemy

Jane Bates

Here’s looking at you

Stephen Wright

Starting out - Prison placement taught me to see all patients as individuals

Amy Cray

Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan deserve priority care, says Daniel Allen

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - Assistant or teacher?

Dean-David Holyoake, Julie Clarke, Sue Szczepanska, Jane Scullion

Women need help to escape domestic violence

Linda Thomas

The compensation culture can bounce you into grumpiness, says David Newnham

David Newnham

No escaping our sexual past

Sharon Maher

Teamworking post-polio

Verité Reily Collins

Distress signals

Carol Davis

Playground attraction

Dina Leifer

Moderate physical activity can improve mental wellbeing

Child cyclists in deprived areas are at risk of serious injury

Taking fish oil cuts NSAID intake in rheumatoid arthritis

How to ensure nurses do not leave the profession early

Government targets prompt proposal to reward productivity

Deadline nears for union responses to ‘best deal we can get’pay offer

Five-year wait for new nurse safeguards

Baffling lack of dementia training

Sir Michael highlights best and worst in care of older people

Christian Duffin, Tamsin Snow

News in brief

Broad agreement on definition of healthcare support worker

Trusts are blind to facts over starvation claims, says Baroness

Jennifer Sprinks

Charities showcase link between health and nature

Closer working link between police and health service recommended

Welsh trusts told to end ‘unacceptable’ overtime

Unison members urged to vote on pay offer

Patient campaigner calls for TV cameras to check handwashing

Colin Parish

Nurse MPs split over human-animal embryo research

Chewing gum speeds bowel recovery

Tell me how to spread the word, says Brown

Sarah Harrison

Dignity is the cornerstone

Jean Gray