Rewards of a leading role

Ian Weatherhead

The NHS proves its true value

Rachel Lewis

Seeing signs, reducing risk

Sarah Garrett

Communication failure

Stuart McKay

Hyperglycaemia

David Allen

Improving access to health and social care for people with autism

Jill Aylott

Numeracy and patient safety: the need for regular staff assessment

Paul Warburton

Disseminating best practice through teaching

Bob Price

Higher profile needed for learning disability practice

Ann Norman

Training should include complementary therapies

Prem Rajagopal

Is it part of our remit to pass judgement on smokers?

Sian Lewis

Health risks from trans fats give us food for thought

Hazel Potts

We should maintain an open mind on mental health issues

Charlie Stannard

Changing workload creates employment opportunities

Carol Gray

It is untrue to say that jobs are hard to find

Sharron Plews

Cost of registering with new regulatory body is too high

Elaine Heeney

Our environment makes it hard to stay fit and healthy

Malcolm Harrison

Trust in the NHS can be restored, but only if its problems are acknowledged

Stuart Jeffery

Hysteria – The Biography

Laurence Dopson

Standing up to Supernanny

Bríd Hehir

Assessment Made Incredibly Easy! – First UK edition

Rick Dean

Starting out incorrectequipmentpreparation couldhaveputapatientatrisk

Claudia Lewin

In the eyes of my family, i can be a genius or a fool

Jan Halstead

Readers panel - Get the balance right

Jane Brown, Julie Clarke, Paul Jebb, Sue Szczepanska

Give us a clue

Jane Bates

OutsideIn

David Newnham

Thought process

Stephen Wright

VOICES - Innovations often come from real practice and real people, says Rosemary Cook

Rosemary Cook

Front cover marginalised content of fulsome feature

Tor Hamilton

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

Margaret Paul

Webwise

Greta McGough

The highs and lows

Face-off over veils

Florence Labedays

Labour’s legacy

Investment in change pays off

Stephen Wright

Notice board

Being alert to anthrax

Alison Handley

Progress report

Alison Whyte

Perfect timing

Lynne Pearce

Schizophrenia risk might be influenced by mother’s depression

Guidelines on salt breached by recipes in popular magazines

Skin infections common in people treated with EGFRIs

Researchers note strong association with pre-diagnostic vitamin D levels

Brown’s plans for nursing win mixed reception from front line

Numbers in training will fall next year

Induction programme helps reduce attrition rate

Mentoring other students can prove a big benefit to communication skills

Learning about collaboration

Placement payments may boost community training opportunities

Tamsin Snow

Regulator opens mid staffs case file

Trust’s restructuring plans cause concern for senior nursing staff

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Rosie receives a warm welcome

Conduct cases being processed faster by NMC

News in brief

Ministers seek diverse nominees for honours

Convicted nurse offers new evidence

Some specialists face top-up to qualifications

Minister signs pledge for high quality care, but opponent highlights delay in tackling problems

Prescriber delay is bad for care

Regulation for support workers may take years to achieve – NMC

Petra Kendall-Raynor

It is never too late to start a career in nursing, says 63-year-old Arthur Louis

Government plans to put healthconcerns on personnel records

Erin Dean, Petra Kendall-Raynor

New challenges to meet

Graham Scott