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A beacon of patient-centred care

Tricia Flower

Postgraduate diploma in study of integrative medicine (DipSIM)

Give nurses a place at the table

Lynne Wallis

Grounds for complaint

Charlotte Corrish

Nebuliser therapy

Zuzana Khan

Preventing falls in older people: assessment and interventions

David Jones, Tracy Whitaker

Using solution-focused communication to support patients

Steve Smith, Dorothy Adam, Pamela Kirkpatrick, Gillian McRobie

Understanding the NMC code of conduct: a student perspective

Hannah Sutcliffe

Jones, Julie

Laurence Dopson

One simple step could help to curb medicines waste

Monica Savage

More work needs to be done on clinical competence in the UK

Ann McElroy

Do not let stereotypes hinder racial diversity in the NHS

Zulfkar Hussain

Obituary

Laurence Dopson

Thank you for highlighting the benefits of hypnotherapy

Gillian James

NHS nurses always put care first, not their pension plan

Judith Lunn

We must stop these plans to privatise the health service

Stuart Jeffery

Budget cuts look good on paper but it is patients who will pay the price

Bríd Hehir

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

Arthritis Research UK

Sarah Ryan

The Anatomist – A True Story of Gray’s Anatomy

Laurence Dopson

Succeeding in Research Project Plans and Literature Reviews for Nursing Students

Irene Mabbott

How We Treat the Sick – Neglect and Abuse in Our Health Services

Bashyr Aziz

Fighting talk

David Newnham ponders what fun he could have with his own property portfolio

Elizabeth Anionwu is surprised that racist comments are still rife

Webwise

Sarah Ryan

Starting out - Surgical placement helped me learn the value of reassurance

Emma Banyard

Surgical placement helped me learn the value of reassurance

Emma Banyard

No excuse for failure to meet screening targets

Kate Tantam

Urgent action needed on non-communicable diseases

Christine Hancock

Readers panel - Called to account for care

Linda Drake, Jane Brown, Candice Palett, Kate Tantam

Held in suspension

Elsie Gayle

Voices

Elizabeth Anionwu

Bridging the gap between mums and midwives

Reputation restored

A soldier’s champion

Outside In

David Newnham

Expecting company

Charlie Callanan

Making an emotive decision

Elizabeth Lynch

Open to temptation

Christian Duffin

Household smoking increases severity of infant bronchiolitis

Oral antiseptic reduces ventilator-assisted pneumonia risk

Processed meat may be linked with male pancreatic cancer

Cochrane review looks at the effects of reducing salt intake

Regulator under pressure to take tougher approach to revalidation

Adele Waters

Cancer book targets wider readership

Nurses question practicality of revised hypertension guidance

Petra Kendall-Raynor

News in brief

Chronic illness may be linked to suicide

Advice on medication could help to reduce NHS drug wastage

Major study shows nursing care benefits patients with depression

Erin Dean

Hospital soaps auction memorabilia

Have your say on cqc inspections

Campaign aims to establish safer care for older people in hospitals

Petra Kendall-Raynor, Christian Duffin

Rocky hit powers cardiac fight

Unions plan for safety in pension row

University sets psychometric test for child branch students

Crowds get rock ’n’ roll and rapid treatment

NMC criticised for advice on early referral of high-risk staff

Erin Dean

A time for consensus

Graham Scott