In the line of duty

Marc Cornock

Notice board

A step back to the future

Keith Bradley-Adams

Fresh perspectives

Helen Ankrett

Talking about Y generation

Katrina Cubit

Coping with change

Steven Callaghan

Vascular device occlusion: causes, prevention and management

Janice Gabriel

Dysmenorrhoea and acupuncture: a review of the literature

Sheila Cunningham, Dan Tan

A review of the effectiveness of the clinical informaticist role

Daniel Warm, Beverley Thomas

Holley, Chris

Donate to seacole statue appeal through direct debit

We could ‘protect society’, were the law to change

Correction

Facts about assisted suicide are being distorted by bias

Helen Evans

Research on the potential of acupuncture is welcome

Angela Avis

It is high time there was a museum of nursing in the UK

Christine Eberhardie

Buying essays and coursework on eBay can be beneficial to learning

David Scott

Skills for Care

Benn Mott

Faltering Purpose – A Tale of High Security Mental Hospitals

Cathe Gaskell

Keeping Mum – Caring for Someone with Dementia

Sue Hill

The Guide to the Handling of People: A Systems Approach – Sixth edition

Heather Dale

Teenagers want to their parents, finds

David Newnham

Hello again

Unlocking your patients’ creative side can benefit them

Teenagers want to drink just like their parents

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

nurse Margaret Paul

Webwise

Benn Mott

We are all human beings deserving kindness and respect

Jan Halstead

I will never be too embarrassed to discuss a patient’s sexuality

Beverley Jayne Trickett

Starting out I will never be too embarrassed to discuss a patient’s sexuality

Beverley Jayne Trickett

Readers panel: Role may have lost its shine

Paul Jebb, Julie Clarke, Jane Scullion, Kate Tantam

Voices

Rosemary Cook

The right to choose

Fiona Murphy

Searching for clues

Catherine Quinn

The ultimate gift

Oona Mashta

Working on water

Robert Munro

Hospital cleaners at risk of wheeze, asthma and asthma score

Risk-taking young drivers often report mental distress

Correlation between contraceptive pill and weight gain ruled out

Surgery is not the sole solution for people with back pain

Change is on the horizon

‘End of life care is the remit of all nurses, not just specialists’

Basic care falls short for half of diabetes patients, audit reveals

Further £4m to be cut from NHS direct staff budget

Film offers insights into living with dementia

Illuminating legacy of the profession

School nurses being ‘poached’ in rush to recruit health visitors

Petra Kendall-Raynor

NMC plans fast-track suspension of nurses in most serious cases

Erin Dean, Bill Doult

‘I will champion justice’

News in brief

Regulator praised for improvements in its performance

Axe falls on hundreds of Scottish nursing posts

RCN asks nurses to spell out how pension changes will affect them

Tamsin Snow, Christian Duffin

College tells MPs it still has concerns about revised bill

Universal palliative care could save NHS £180m

A boost for front line leadership

Marchers take pride in profession’s diversity

Private university seeks nurse to help it gain education approval

Erin Dean

The best laid plans?

Graham Scott