‘I see how treatment helps people stay independent’

Hannah Jarvis

Job protection

Alison Leary

Boards must be more aware of clinical care

Ruth Holt

Notice board

A career that rocks

Ruth Taylor

Ulcerative colitis

Charles Spencer

Extravasation: prevention, recognition and management

Lisa Dougherty

Vascular access devices: securement and dressings

Janice Gabriel

Importance of sexual needs assessment in palliative care

Joanne Blagbrough

I always treat patients as if they are lords and ladies

Anne Conway

Ideas needed to promote university health society

Keeley Roe

Make a big noise to cause an avalanche of change

David Babbs

Guidance should end mystery of learning difficulties

Helen Goddard

Benchmarking is key to prevention of cardiac arrest

Ken Spearpoint

Sometimes nurses need a shoulder to cry on too

Christine Eberhardie

England’s white paper means double whammy for nurses

Caroline David

Handheld devices will keep lines of communication open

Ian Hunt

Unhealthy competition between trusts could damage patient care

Dean Evans

Webwise

Bríd Hehir

Center for Reproductive Rights

Hurt – The Harrowing Stories of Parents Whose Children Were Sexually Abused

Dee Harris

Diary Drawings – Mental Illness and Me

Peter Barraclough

Florence Nightingale at First Hand

Cherill Scott

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

Margaret Paul

Starting out - Learning disability placement helped me observe boundaries

Charlotte Nutting

Jealously guarding initiatives can only halt progress

Gary Jones

Readers panel - A matter of life and death

Scott Justice, Jane Brown, Mandy Allison, Kate Tantam

Workforce

James Buchan

Nanny state has a role in health care

Stephen Wright

Small local savings can have huge implications, writes rosemary cook

Rosemary Cook

Great nurses will provide great healthcare services

Derek Barron

Age limits

Jane Bates

Teenagers uncovered

Geraldine Brown, Geraldine Brady, Julie Bayley

Community engagement in dementia care

Push for change

Katy Cooper

A change of scenery

Louise Hunt

Study reveals effects of glucosamine on chronic low back pain

Cycling is better for weight control than slow walking

Colon cancer screening test less accurate in hot temperatures

Intensive mobile phone use linked with onset of tinnitus

How much time do nurses spend at the bedside?

Keith Hurst

Pressure on universities to find more community placements

Pre-washed solution for new uniforms

School nurses need training for complex mental health work

Erin Dean

Call for action to protect pupils from widespread ‘grooming’

Three-year plan could provide lead diabetes roles

Extra staff would help combat STIs

New ‘111’ service set to replace NHS direct after pilots completed

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Nurse who lost leg in accident awarded damages

News in brief

Cardiovascular plan aims to curb disease

Union demands consultation on NHS changes

Complaints figures on the increase

Charities and college call for 24/7 care

RCN urges UK governments to bolster community workforce

Flood aid targets infection risk

‘Fall’ in vacancies may be result of deliberate policy to cut costs

Petra Kendall-Raynor, Jennifer Sprinks

A nurse with more than one string to his bow

Malnutrition screening essential for older patients, says age charity

Erin Dean

Back to the community

Graham Scott