Student Life - Award-winning charity worker

Thomas Holt

Notice board

‘This job is such a privilege’

Lynne Wallis

Focus on staff wellbeing

Jill Maben

Promoting fluid intake

Elizabeth Hunt

Cultivating compassionate care

Belinda Dewar

Promoting patient-centred care through staff development

Mercy Okougha

Developing and maintaining the Kettering Infection Predictor tool

Pam Howe, Katrina Rufeea, John Adams

Susan Pembrey

John Adams

Highland college of nursing and midwifery class of 1982

Kay MacKinnon

Vigil to remember victims of the Chernobyl nuclear accident

Jim Gillies

Connecting with people embeds compassion into everyday care

Alys Cole-King

Seeking new and creative ideas for promoting gay men’s health

Matthew Hodson

Tweets of the week

My anxious brother needs a shed or a ticket to hull

Football is big business, but is health care in the same league?

Anne Hay

Book reviews give an original perspective on health care

Tom Howard

Huge Strides on reversing decline in health visitor numbers

Viv Bennett, Jane Cummings, Lisa Bayliss-Pratt, Dame Elizabeth Fradd

How do we develop a culture where older people are valued?

Tracey Jones

Only our very best nurses should be working in the care of older people

Noah Sherwood

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

Margaret Paul

www.menshealthnetwork.org

Daniel Allen

Sport and Exercise Science

Nicola Evans

Delicious Conversations–Reflections on Autism, Intimacy and Communication

Simon Jones

Delicious Conversations – Reflections on Autism, Intimacy and Communication

Simon Jones

Supervision in the Helping Professions – Fourth edition

Irene Mabbott

Bitter memories

Zeba Arif

Readers panel - Getting the basics right first

Craig Hopkins, Kate Tantam, Shona MacLean, Jenn Rawles

Starting out - Reaching out to a grieving family can be daunting, but rewarding

Katie Cranston

Evil biker dude

David Newnham

True goodness

Jane Bates

The bigger picture

Ken Jarrold

Voices - Use congress to lobby for our patients’ welfare, urges Peter Carter

Peter Carter

No fall is just an accident

Christian Duffin

A sense of common purpose

Care in a ‘combat zone’

Jennifer Sprinks

Combat and traumatic events associated with criminal offending in military veterans

Non-medical prescribing in A&E and sexual health clinics is found to be safe

Overweight and obese women at increased risk of caesarian section and other interventions

Caffeine increases alertness and reduces crash risk among commercial drivers

Incidence of waking during anaesthesia is surprisingly low

‘Cultural barometer’ will help point managers in the right direction

Jennifer Sprinks

Time to become dementia-friendly

Bureaucracy an increasing source of nurse frustration – RCN survey

Jennifer Sprinks

World in brief

Political notebook

System is flawed if only ‘heroes’ raise concerns, says PM’s adviser

Commons health group asks if ambulance services can cope

Chief nursing officer rejects union calls for minimum staffing ratios

Christian Duffin, Sally Gillen

News in brief

Higher rate of satisfaction with staff communication

Terminally ill deserve honesty

Congress opens with a passionate rallying call

Disability benefit assessments roundly slated

Nurses reflect on ‘shared humanity’ at congress cathedral service

Staff still too frightened to blow the whistle

Ministers ‘take a slug’ at the RCN for slamming HCA plan as ‘stupid’

Sally Gillen

Stand up and defend your staff, Carter urges directors of nursing

Sally Gillen

Shame on ministers for not budging on staffing

Graham Scott