Student life - Shape of the future

Christian Duffin

On the move

Notice board

Disseminating information to stem infection

Meabh McMahon, Hanna Lange-Chenier, Poorna Rodrigo

Care at the start of life

Nicola Davies

Compassionate care

Elly Verwoerd

Reducing medication errors in nursing practice

Linda Cloete

Reducing urinary tract infections in catheterised patients

Pam Howe, John Adams

Customer care in the NHS

Fred Ruddick

Win: Excellence in Dementia Care

Bradford Royal Infirmary 1965 group is searching for members

Jean Bailey, Pat Smith, Sharon Wears

Are nurses abusing the use of psychotropic PRN medication?

Elizabeth McCluskey

Competition is key when it comes to fast-food outlets

Helen Burns

Tweets of the week

Barts set 45 who started in May 1985 are planning a 2018 reunion

Gillian Morgan (was Morris)

Join the campaign to defend our NHS and a fightback in the Wirral

Kevin Donovan

Losing sight of compassion can lead to patients being starved

Zeba Arif

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

nurse Margaret Paul

#ISurvivedEbola app

Roger Evans

From SRN to CBE – Celebrating 50 Remarkable Years in Nursing

June Clark

Patient-Centred Medicine in Transition – The Heart of the Matter

Trish Greenhalgh

Chinese National Healthy Living Centre

Steph Caldwell

Starting out - Nothing is simulated on placement and patients show you what matters

Nitika Sharma

Distress signals

Zeba Arif

Readers panel - Where angels may fear to tread

Linda Drake, Scott Justice, Elsie Gayle, Jane Scullion

Bottom flaw

David Newnham

MSG mystery

Jane Bates

A knowledge gap

Simon O’Neill

Voices - Yvonne Coghill says she is striving to equalise opportunities in the NHS

Yvonne Coghill

The right to try

Lynne Pearce

‘We are in control’

Erin Dean

Proud to work here

Alison Moore

Smoking cessation

Driving older, smaller cars increases adolescents’ chances of dying in a crash

Reptiles kept as pets pose salmonella risk to young children

Adult psychotropic drug use link to childhood fear of a family member

Nitrogen bisphosphonates could offer protection against endometrial cancer

Antipsychotic drugs being prescribed for the wrong illnesses

Invest in nurses to pull NHS out of crisis, alliance urges MPs

Janet Snell

Stonewall names an NHS trust the UK’s most LGBT-friendly employer

Alistair Kleebauer

Dragons breathe life into organ campaign

World in brief

Political notebook

RCN calls on Home Office to lift barriers to foreign nurses

Yoga helps residents sleep easy

Government introduces action plan to reduce deaths from sepsis

Alistair Kleebauer

£2.5m for specialist nurses in Scotland

News in brief

Night-shift work linked to diabetes risk in black women

New self-funded nursing course aims to address recruitment shortfall

Future for hospital staff uncertain as private firm pulls plug on contract

Katie Osborne

Hunt announces more robust checks for Ebola

Manifesto addresses ‘fundamentals’ of healthcare crisis

Government says ‘archaic’ nursing pay system is barrier to seven-day services

A&E departments reach crisis point as trusts buckle under the pressure

Katie Osborne

Hinchingbrooke staff deserve an apology

Graham Scott

News digest January 14 2015

News digest January 15 2015

Diclofenac tablets withdrawn from sale over the counter

Alistair Kleebauer

Patients will go a long way to avoid hospital-acquired infections

Sally Gillen

News digest January 16 2015

NHS Employers in favour of retaining unsocial hours pay, but wants to reduce rates and hours

Alistair Kleebauer

E-learning resource aims to help midwives with supply and administration of medicines

Sally Gillen

News digest January 19 2015

Minimum A&E staffing levels must be based on patient need, says RCN

Regulator issues alert over faulty insulin pump

Tony Green

News digest January 20 2015

Report into sudden infant deaths in Wales recommends training for front line healthcare workers

Tony Green

Candy McCabe appointed Florence Nightingale Foundation chair in clinical nursing practice research

Alistair Kleebauer