Student life - ‘I came back from Africa better prepared for nursing’

Carolyn Hogg

Go for a badge of honour

Crystal Oldman

Notice board

‘We have time to talk and listen’

Jenny Knight

World of opportunity

Frances Pickersgill

Trans fats

Leanne Fallon

Prevention and management of depression in primary care

Sheila Hardy

Factors influencing attrition rates in midwifery students

Hazel Alexandra Hughes

Improving the rates of organ donation for transplantation

Lily Mercer

Hollinger, Margaret

Roger Evans

Can you help find old colleagues for hastings school reunion?

Sue Phillips (née Sawyer)

Trust’s soap star campaign helps keep an important message fresh

Carol Pellowe

UK charity is here to help those living with the legacy of polio

Ted Hill

Private care comparison site may drive out substandard operators

Carolyn Scotton

Tweets of the week

Betsi Cadwaladr’s endeavours in the crimea should be remembered

Bridget Ryan

Wider career choices for women have led to better candidates

Rose Tompsett

Careless tweets cost profession public trust and credibility

Cris Allen

NHS secrecy over whistleblowing is all about protecting managers

Is introducing a national early warning score worth the cost?

Naim Abdulmohdi

Report’s recommendation to regulate HCAs cannot be ignored

Adrian Reyes-Hughes

Debate over definition and role of care assistants goes round in circles

Gary Jones

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

Margaret Paul

Nutritionist Resource

Roger Evans

How to Help a Child with Asperger Syndrome or High-functioning Autism

Simon Jones

Medical Physiology

Oliver McGurk

Excellence in Compassionate Nursing Care – Leading the Change

Stephen Gundry

Starting out - I helped to allay a family’s fears about the liverpool care pathway

Rebeca Clarke

Readers panel - Facing up to our responsibility

Alison Crumbie, Jane Scullion, Linda Drake, Elsie Gayle

Power play

Community care

Damned if I do

A safe place for all

Jay McNeil

Inflexible disciplinary rules make the NMC’s job harder

Connecting for health

Alison Moore

‘Anyone can be homeless’

Alison Moore

Safe to delegate?

Roger Kline

Singing in the Rain

Bringing back memories

Jennifer Trueland

Being open about sexual orientation has benefits for health and wellbeing

Omega-3 treatment improves heart attack survival rates

Obese girls at increased risk of developing paediatric multiple sclerosis

Targeted alcohol misuse programme is effective in reducing risk in teenagers

More research needed to reduce the rate of preterm births

For staff to speak out, cultural and legal obstacles must be overcome

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Political notebook 27.02.13

Atos strikes deals with NHS trusts to deliver disability assessments

Sally Gillen

World in brief

Trial prevents spread of pneumonia

Diary and memorabilia found in case belonging to first world war nurse

Early success for sugar treatment

Inspectors link up with patients’ group to improve referral process

Sally Gillen

News in brief

Staff shortages are a threat to continuity of care with parents

Leadership courses ‘key to compassion’

Regulator reviews guidance on delegating tasks to support staff

Jennifer Sprinks, Petra Kendall-Raynor

New app allows honest feedback

Call for positive videos of nurses on youtube

Trust uses emergency funds to recruit more staff amid patient safety concerns

Standard of hospital food is ‘unacceptable’

NMC vows to ‘keep a cool head’ over Mid Staffs misconduct cases

Jennifer Sprinks

Trust’s nurses face FtP hearings

Approach to hospital food is a recipe for disaster

Graham Scott