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Seeing it both ways

Ana Marie Robles

Earthquake aftermath

Julian Ryall

Named then shamed

Vincent Tremayne

Cancer cachexia

Sheila Nelson

Travel-related health and safety considerations for children

Jacqueline Pye

A critique of positive thinking for patients with cancer

Angela Tod, Clare Warnock, Peter Allmark

Managing the care of patients with herpes zoster ophthalmicus

Susan Watkinson, Ramesh Seewoodhary

Dorothy Stafford 1922-2011 Nurse, engineer and relief convoy driver

Laurence Dopson

Stafford, Dorothy

Laurence Dopson

Correction to previous article

Patients value consistency of their nurse prescribers

Jane Ross

Banks have stopped recruiting anyone other than NHS staff

Sharon Crozier

Dyslexia is a disability that should not be ridiculed

Tina Normington

Lansley reforms are the last thing hospitals need now

Roger Goss

Placing unproven allegations in the public domain is unfair

Starjeena D’Costa, Melanie D’Costa

Join the campaign to protect skills and resources of community teams

Rosemary Cook

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

Margaret Paul

10 Helpful Hints for Dementia Design at Home – Practical Design Solutions for Carers Living at Home with Someone Who Has Dementia

Stephen Weeks

Anticancer – A New Way of Life

Caren Sargant

Passing Calculations Tests for Nursing Students

Karen Murrell

Webwise

Sue Cross

Workforce

James Buchan

Readers panel - Cutting remarks

Janet Smith, Jane Scullion, Carol Singleton, Scott Justice

Starting out

Lisa Fairclough

I learned to respect the needs of older people with dementia

Lisa Fairclough

Outside In

David Newnham

A false economy

Alastair Campbell

Voices

Peter Carter

Placebo effect

David Newnham has become more positive… well it’s a mood thing

Peter Carter on an RCN film celebrating an undervalued branch of the profession

Peter Carter

Chorus of approval

Julie Penfold

Reversal of fortunes

Mary-Claire Mason

Major talking point

Robert Munro

The voice of experience

Robert Munro

Study explores injury rates among soldiers before development

Older people living with family are less likely to need care homes

Screening for latent TB is feasible and cost-effective

Infant respiratory disorders unaffected by corticosteroids

The secrets of student success

Link between staffing levels and outcomes cannot be ignored

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Targets missed for inflammatory bowel disease nurses

Battle to keep surgery at children’s heart centre

BME patient experience reports axed

Plan to reduce rate of caesarean section

Trusts urged to cut their agency spend as pay regulations loom

Petra Kendall-Raynor

News in brief

Unison boosts coffers of Mary Seacole statue campaign

Commission seeks nurses’ opinions on assisted dying

Humanity is the cornerstone of leadership, says NMC chief

NHS Direct staff win right to decide on weekend shift work

Tamsin Snow

Nurses fearful of proposals to scrap training

Minister under fire for staff provision plans

College supports UK pledge on overseas aid

Care at Mid Staffs Trust wins praise from inspectors

Lansley attacks NHS hospitals that ‘fail to get the basics right’

Petra Kendall-Raynor

MPs call for pension updates

NMC asks employers to resolve minor misconduct allegations

Tamsin Snow

A question of dignity

Graham Scott