Distance is no barrier

Liz Clark

Skills passports show the way ahead

Radhika Holmström

Myelmoma Nurse Learning Programme

‘This is a wonderful initiative’

Student life - Back on your feet

Diane Phimister

Rapid tranquilisation

Stephen Osbaldeston

The effect of skin conditions on patients’ quality of life

Liz Green

Prevention, control and treatment of scabies

Dinah Gould

Care of the patient receiving epidural analgesia

Gillian Chumbley, Sarah Thomas

Kathleen Wilson 1922-2010 Nurse, lecturer, author and editor

Laurence Dopson

Wilson, Kathleen

Laurence Dopson

Obituaries are fitting tributes to a bygone era

Jessica Pratt

Women should be alerted to risks of elective caesareans

Kate Jones

Perhaps we need to retreat from the diversity agenda

Jenny Janes

Ask patients if they want to see doctors in white coats

Stephen Weeks

Loss of traditional uniforms does a disservice to patients

Sarah Edwards

Why is it always nurses who are expected to tighten their belts?

Malcolm Harrison

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

Margaret Paul

Communication Skills for Nurses – A Practical Guide on How to Achieve Successful Consultations

Brian Burke

Infusion Nursing: An Evidence-Based Approach – Third edition

Helen Elizabeth Spreadbury

Triumph of the Heart – The Story of Statins

Laura Strachan

Enhanced national strategy would aid delivery of care

Jessica Matthews

Training and education in dementia care needs a boost

Sue Hill

Webwise

Kathryn Elwis

Starting out-It was a privilege to meet the cultural needs of dying patient

Adele McDermott

Readers panel

Sarah Esegbona-Adeigbe, Elsie Gayle, Scott Justice, Janet Smith

Screening pilot offers nurse training opportunities

Ageing well

Jane Bates

David newnham discovers the benefits of the French health care system

David Newnham

Anti-gay culture damages health

Stephen Wright

Vulnerable adults given greater protection, thanks to advice in NMC films

Tony Hazell

Nurse force

Meg Styles

Promoters of equal access

Ruth Harrison, Jackie Williamson

Notice board

Remote control

Catherine Cooper, Sheena Ferguson

Beneath the surface

Oona Mashta

Frailty in older men increases as free testosterone subsides

Bleach sprays the most likely cleaner to cause injury to children

Early onset menopause and pill use associated with lung cancer

Study links depression and coronary heart disease

Search begins for nation’s favourite

As complaints of poor care rise, patients’ group offers solutions

Under-resourced health services contributed to baby P tragedy

Low staffing levels contribute to ongoing problems at Mid Staffs

Erin Dean

First guide to treating young bedwetters

No criminal charges for nurse who switched off ventilator

‘Beer goggles’ help educate people on how much alcohol affects co-ordination

Burstow pledges to cut use of antipsychotics

Radical review of safeguarding scheme for vulnerable people

News in brief

Project grants for award winners set to benefit BME communities

Tamsin Snow

BME staff over-represented in hearings

Palliative care experts to inform RCN guidance

Nurse-led acute assessment unit cuts waiting times in a&e

Family help scheme will extend reach

Ministers explore one-to-one cancer support

Regulator appeals for improved training standards across Europe

Tamsin Snow

Commission proposals ‘too important to lose’

College to seek DH reassurance amid ‘mistrust’ over pay freezes

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Injustice by increments

Graham Scott