Student life - Straight-talking education

John Sweeney

Notice board

No stone unturned in employee checks

Lynne Wallis

On the move

‘The extra support is welcome’

A centre of excellence

Kathy Oxtoby

Respiratory infections

Lisa Scott

Intrapleural chest drainage

Philip Woodrow

Emotional intelligence and its role in recruitment of nursing students

Steven Robert Lyon, Fiona Trotter, Barrie Holt, Elaine Powell, Andrew Roe

Raising awareness of polycystic ovary syndrome

Julie Tomlinson, Gayle Letherby, Jonathan Pinkney, Ann Millward, Elizabeth Stenhouse

Tweets of the week

I remember tincture of benzoin and porridge oats on fistulas

Nigel Heal

Nurses have come a long way from unquestioning practices

Jennifer Hunt

Pathologising natural human difficulties is stigmatising

Michael Owen

Obesity debate should focus on addiction, not mental health

Debbie Simmonds

Turning up at A&E is far easier than securing a GP appointment

Helen Evans

Ministers need to fund far more student places to improve care

Roger Kline

Sack managers, bring back matron and spend savings on more nurses

David Harding-Price

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

Margaret Paul

Health and Well-Being Across the Life Course

Nicola Evans

Gift of Time

Valerie McGurk

Human Anatomy – Seventh international edition – and Martini’s Atlas of the Human Body

Simon McGurk

malnutritiontaskforce.org.uk

Christine Eberhardie

Workforce

James Buchan

Medicines management

Matt Griffiths

Starting out - Medical terminology can cause unnecessary confusion and upset

Sinéad Doherty

Work standards

Zeba Arif

Readers panel - Vulnerable targets

Dave King, Jane Brown, Steve Flatt, Bríd Hehir

Spirit of the Blitz

David Newnham

Take the blame

Jane Bates

Circle of healing

Stephen Wright

Voices - The decline in community nursing must be reversed, writes Peter Carter

Peter Carter

Aiming for excellence

Janet Snell

‘We own this service’

Mary-Claire Mason

‘It gave me confidence to be a better mum’

The Rolls-Royce of family intervention

Jennifer Trueland

Compulsory supervision of psychiatric patients in community is ineffective

Middle-aged people with healthy hearts can take antibiotic azithromycin safely

Babies exposed to antiepileptic drug valproate in utero are more likely to develop autism

Penicillin helps reduce the recurrence of cellulitis in high-risk individuals

Cases of genital warts in the UK may decline within five years

Carter’s verdict on francis

Peter Carter

Mongolian health team meets at RCN

Financial strain already harming patient care, NHS leaders warn

Jennifer Sprinks

World in brief

Dying patients left off care pathway

Male mental health campaign seeks support from nurses

Male mental health campaign seeks support from nurses

Small increase in nurse numbers, but downward trend continues

Kat Keogh

Organist pulls out all the stops to honour Edith Cavell

Follow-up clinics helpful for former intensive care patients

Smoking at hospital entrances banned

News in brief

Staff gain insight into younger patients

Ministers tell new training body to focus on older people’s care

Sally Gillen

Care home inconsistencies review

Stepping Hill nurse to sue for damages

Webinar to address challenges of an ageing workforce

Positive reaction to Schwartz rounds

Nurses stuck for years in the same job should be offered fresh start

Graham Scott

Seacole sculpture chosen for park

Leaders must act to prevent care apathy

Graham Scott