Forward planning

Jacqueline Leigh, June Rutherford

Notice board

The gift of time that brings its own rewards

Log on to learn

Pam Moule

Ilizarov fixation

Natasha Brand

Oesophageal cancer: symptoms, treatment and nursing role

Ruth Moxon

Improving the care of people with dementia in hospital

Anna Waugh, Glenn Marland, Jenny Henderson, John Robertson, Alice Wilson

Supporting nursing students during fitness to practise hearings

Janet Ellis, Elizabeth Lee-Woolf, Timothy David

Effective communication: Principle of Nursing Practice E

Anne Casey, Alison Wallis

Cycling to visits is far from practical for district teams

Ann Dale

Thanks for the refresher on dignity in dementia care

Greta mcgough

The christian tradition in health and care

Michael Owen

NHS blood and transplant welcomes donor review

Jane Pearson

A crackdown on medicines waste will help protect jobs

Matt Griffiths

Lifting patients is best taught on the wards

Heather Dale

Non-monetary rewards are greater than job’s challenges

Nichola Mc Carthy

Online assessment tool will help deliver better care

Hazel Courtney

Forget luck-based tests, students’ training should be matched to need

Karen Elcock

Campbell’s Pathophysiology Notes – Second edition

Roger Evans

Being Sarah – A True Story About Choice, Control and Breast Cancer

Stephen Wright

Forensic Mental Health Nursing – Ethics, Debates, Dilemmas

Phill Lister

Mammograms have never been more convenient

Jan Halstead

David Newnham is reminded that radiation can save lives as is reminded that radiation

David Newnham

Clear as mud

Radiation can save lives as well as cause harm

A short film with a wealth of good advice and experience

Readers panel

Mandy Allison, Scott Justice, Sarah Esegbona-Adeigbe, Elsie Gayle

Starting out - I helped prevent a medication error by speaking out

Jason Wilson

Basic is best

Diane Abbott

Voices - Rosemary Cook on a short film with a wealth of good advice and experience

Rosemary Cook

Home sweet home

Sharon Palfrey

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

Margaret Paul

Webwise

Greta McGough

A cry for help

Jenny Knight

The gift of life

Alison Handley

Delicate operations

Lynne Pearce

Homes remain polluted with tobacco, even after cleaning

BP raised by feelings of responsibility for domestic chores

Increased risk of thromboembolism in bowel disease

Anxious mums-to-be can have their minds put at rest

Dementia care impeded by workloads

Nurses and patients play a part in new start for troubled trust

Mid Staffs chief calls for vigilance against more failures

Employers often ignore or deny issues raised by staff, hotline study reveals

Protestors demonstrate against health bill

Strong support for campaigns to protect pay, terms and conditions

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Initiative reduces number of missed drug doses by a third

Fears clinical education body will be dominated by doctors

Tamsin Snow

Trust announces plans to shed 450 staff posts

News in brief

Ombudsman’s report is ‘essential reading’

Minute’s silence signals defiance against cutbacks

Long hours jeopardise staff and patient safety

‘A banker’s salary could fund 94 nurses’

Minister urges readers to have their say

Lansley has a duty to explain reforms, says general secretary

Tamsin Snow

More nurses consider working to rule as pressure of cuts rises

Erin Dean

Simply a pause for effect?

Elaine Cole