Leaders of the future

Veronica Bishop

Notice board

Support is at hand

Ian Summers

Breaking bad news

Philip Taft

Wound-related pain: features, assessment and treatment

Kate Bowers, Simon Barrett

Skin assessment of patients at risk of pressure ulcers

Nicola L Whiteing

Disability and cultural considerations in the delivery of first aid

Caroline Hattersley, Jane Keogh

Correction

NMC panel members are competent and experienced

Ian Todd

Being paid for training made me a better clinician

Rob England

We need to see evidence on risks of gay men giving blood

Jason Warriner

Fifty per cent of society is still undervalued in nursing

Malcolm Harrison

Lack of balance made honey dressings feature less sweet

Simon Palfreyman

Baby study underlines need for more health visitors

Dave Munday

Any link between cruelty and secularism is unproven

Stephen Wright

Spirituality is a fundamental aspect of caring for patients

Celia Manson

Margaret Haywood’s out of court settlement leaves nurses no wiser

Katherine Guellard

AskSARA

Mosby’s Pocket Guide to Nutritional Assessment and Care – Sixth edition

Brigid McKevith

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Rehabilitation – Second edition

Bernard Gibbon

Compassion and Caring in Nursing

Peter Hall

Fighting back against swine flu

Jane Whyatt

Webwise

Heather Dale

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

Margaret Paul

Nursery nurse

Jane Bates

‘Look into my eyes...now heed my health advice’

Jan Halstead

A question of confidentiality-Readers panel

Jane Brown, Christopher Humm, Janet Smith, Alison Crumbie

Starting out - i struggled through the snow to bring patients their medication

Jason Towner

OutsideIn - curry cures cancer. there are no ifs or buts about it, says David Newnham

David Newnham

The bigger picture

Michael Traynor

Voices - scare stories about the swine flu vaccine put lives at risk, says Peter Carter

Peter Carter

Them And Us

Stephanie Northen

The confusing condition

Mary-Claire Mason

A flair for innovation

Lynne Pearce

Parents fail to supervise children using trampolines

Noisy traffic and high blood pressure linked in middle-aged people

BME women want more information on HPV vaccination

Economic status of mothers key to infants’ survival chances

Wind down at the end of your career without sacrificing your pension

News in brief

Risk managers set up safety forum following baby’s accidental death

Army nurse honoured for calm leadership

Only one per cent of mid staffs workers offer evidence to inquiry

Tamsin Snow

Move to improve support workers’ competencies as their role widens

Erin Dean

Chief nurse announces top eight efficiency ideas

KSF fails to deliver on personal development

Many occupational health services are inadequate, expert claims

New standards for skills training

Bullying rife in NHS, says researcher

Nurses killed in war remembered

Call for urgent boost in training to sustain community workforce

Erin Dean

Employers ‘heavy handed’ over swine flu vaccine

Acute sector falls short on end of life care

Awards for UK’s inspiring nurses

New NMC chief says directors must take lead on whistleblowing

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Award winning nurses

Graham Scott