Stub out our own habit

Shirley Baah Mensah

Just a minute

Every day brings a first impression

Suzanne Tongue

Notice board

Student life - Make the most of your community placement

Melanie Gasston-Hales

Numbers count

Lorraine Poxon

Management of patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Patricia Cornell

Smoking cessation part 1: brief interventions

Susan Thomas

Strategies for coping with shift work

Ian Peate

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: nurses and the law

Julia Wood, Paul Wainwright

Nursing obese patients is a pain in the back

Betty Williams

A variety of drinks can help maintain patient hydration

Linda Richie

Networking and research can help find that first job

Linda Kerr

Throwing away drugs is far too wasteful in today’s nhs

Helen Ritchie

Is prime minister’s approach a suggestion of failure?

Sarah Nasev

Prescribe sustained-release phenylphenidate by brand

Lisa Mangle

Deep cleaning will not keep hospitals free from infection

John Howes

Restricting religious data could mean patients are denied spiritual comfort

Pat Hayhurst

Multiculturalism

Zulfkar Hussain

Inherited Metabolic Diseases – A Guide to 100 Conditions

Heather Skirton

Many Rivers to Cross – The History of the Caribbean Contribution to the NHS

Cherill Scott

Webwise

Roger Evans

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

Margaret Paul

Starting out - Shocked that a patient was allowed to live in such squalor

Lorraine Brown

Black people have been let down by mental health services

Daniel Allen

Readers panel - Modern slavery

Scott Justice, Sarah Esegbona, Zeba Arif, Jane Scullion

Taking what?

Jane Bates

David Newnham’s mum has lost her carefree approach to hospital

David Newnham

A warm welcome

Dominic Ison

Voices - Sharon Dennis has joined the board of a charity seeking social justice

Sharon Dennis

Minimising the risks

Catharine Sadler

Cultural understanding

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Something for everyone

Jo Carlowe

Variations in cancer incidence among UK ethnic groups

Over 85s at high risk of hospital admission with head injuries

One in four smokers leave lit cigarettes unattended at home

Latino bisexual men and HIV infection in the United States

Department of health hits back at ‘inaccuracies’ in CRE findings

Colin Parish

‘We are not here to regulate love’

Sarah Harrison

E-Technology enables nurses to improve patient care

Barbara Stuttle

Act of bravery earns public thanks

Trust’s executive nurse services handed to private consultants

Tamsin Snow

Safety fears slow plan for home care

Check pension details ‘to avoid nasty surprises’

Tattoos help cancer patients to regain their confidence

News in brief

Handwashing regime ‘unrealistic’

Trial run for MRSA swabs on every hospital patient

Specialist posts ‘were easy to cut’

‘Deep clean’ failed to reduce infection rates

Laura Doherty, Christine Walker

Community staff will be given safety alarms

Acute trusts fail the 80 per cent of older patients who needhelp eating

Laura Doherty

Nurse writes songs for Bollywood stars

Unions raise serious concerns over ‘watered down’ NMC conduct code

Children use chocolate to boost mood

When siblings die, seeing the body may help

Out-of-hours deal finalised

Disability watchdog condemns ‘woeful inequality’in health care

Colin Parish

Only action really counts

Sharon Dennis, Sharon Dennis