Student life - Tomorrow’s leaders today

Lynne Pearce

Ambassador for hospice care

Jenny Knight

Notice board

Players in theatre for emergencies

Helena Bernard

Better safe than sorry

Kenneth Strauss

Back pain

Brenda Chivima

Principles of temperature monitoring

Angela Grainger

Reducing alcohol-related health risks: the role of the nurse

Anne Govier, Colin Rees

Raising awareness of men’s risk of premature death

Alan White

Francis Ray

John Adams

Searching for London set 463 who started training in 1980

Ann Evans (neé Lismore)

Used compassionately, Liverpool Care Pathway is a useful tool

Amanda Williams

Patient concern calls for an observer in every hospital

Roger Goss

Obstructive GPs waste resources as well as delaying treatment

Mike Owen

Holby City boosts its ratings by undermining organ donation

Kiera Hughes

Tweets of the week

Private finance initiative is to blame for the crisis at barts

Phil Evans

Schwartz Center Rounds are one way to boost compassion

Bridget Ryan

Edith Cavell’s life and work deserve to be remembered

Kate Tompkins

It is time to speak loudly, lobby MPs and respond to poor media coverage

Greta McGough

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

Margaret Paul

blindveterans.org

Rory O’Brien

The Cancer Survivors Club

Roger Evans

Practical Leadership and Management in Healthcare: For Nurses and Allied Health Professionals – Second edition

Irene Mabbott

Visual Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology – International Edition, Essentials of Interactive Physiology CD-ROM

Valerie McGurk

Fast thinking

Zeba Arif

Readers panel - Changes to end of life route

Kate Tantam, Bríd Hehir, Alison Crumbie, Jane Scullion

Starting out - Communication skills enabled me to reassure patient about operation

Deborah Easby

Remote control

David Newnham

Dramatic effect

Karen Webb

Voices - The healthcare system needs to start working together, says Jean Gray

Jean Gray

Special measure

Jane Bates

New light on Seacole

Corry Staring-Derks, Jeroen Staring, Elizabeth Anionwu

After a baby has died

Alison Moore

Securing a shorter stay in hospital

Jennifer Trueland

Vitamin D supplements for heart disease may not help black or Hispanic people

New study method reveals reasons for link between gallstones and high BMI

Screening should consider high risk of second cancer after colorectal diagnosis

Lithium shown to have a role in reducing suicide risk in people with mood disorders

Child mortality drops with cash incentives for immunisations

Revolving door of nurse directors prompts professional concern

Sally Gillen

World in brief

Leaders’ incentive improves wards

Holby City nurse adviser hits out at TV producers over transplant plot

Staff efforts to reduce their alcohol intake fall flat

Minister tells trusts to cut spending on agency staff and equipment

Jennifer Sprinks

News in brief

Trust launches staff review after deaths investigation

Guide helps sign-off mentors assess students

Train more nurses to meet future needs, urges patient safety review

Kat Keogh

Workforce planners urged to focus on shift of care into the community

£500 million A&E winter funding will not solve problems, says RCN

Jennifer Sprinks

Staff must avoid word ‘obese’

Trust employs ward administrators to free up ward sisters’ time

Whistleblower offered 56p settlement

Students aim high after winning a place at leadership academy

Compensation bills expose extent of pain and stress faced by nurses

Kat Keogh

Nurse leaders must have better support

Graham Scott