Edinburgh Fringe highlighted stories behind suicide statistics

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Dealing with a child who presents with seizures

Patient information groups are reducing anxiety

Transforming lives with happiness

Nurse helped my family cope with devastating diagnosis

Managing encephalitis

Hellen Wambui

Therapeutic communication and relationships in chronic and complex care

Sharon Brownie, Robin Scott, Rachel Rossiter

Best practice in caring for adults with dementia and learning disabilities

André Strydom, Tamara Al-Janabi, Marie Houston, James Ridley

‘Believe you can reach the next level’

How I broke through

Alison Moore

Working well in a culturally diverse team

Mandy Day-Calder

Keep an open mind

Deborah Ayodele

Student life - Stamping out negative views

Kathy Oxtoby

Petals

Layla Haidrani

The Pocketbook Guide to Mental Health Act Assessments (Second edition)

Debbie Abrams

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialties (Tenth edition)

Valerie McGurk

Tweets of the week

Stronger together

Danielle Tiplady

Nursing shortages

Robyn Gentle

Study versus experience

Speed should be of the upmost importance in NMC investigations

Jamie Copeland

NMC hearings must move faster

Michael Owen

Procurement problems: what lies beneath

Jane Bates

Readers’ panel - Should trusts allow nurses to opt out of the NHS pension?

Beverley Ramdeen, Edwin Chamanga, Mike Wallis, Jane Scullion

Targeting sickle cell disease

Sekayi Tangayi

‘Well functioning, diverse teams improve outcomes’

Yvonne Coghill

Time off is crucial

Zeba Arif

Public health nursing needs to reach out

Heather Henry

An extraordinary life

Thelma Agnew

Me and my amazing team

Gloria Rowland

Clear threshold needed for diagnosing gestational diabetes

Mediterranean diet could cut cardiovascular disease risk

Faecal blood test with GP could reduce need for endoscopy

Invitation method influences NHS Health Check uptake

E-cigarettes associated with higher rate of smoking cessation

Heavy menstrual bleeding

Lynne Pearce

Union demands end to pay award restriction

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Around the world

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Dementia care should be tailored to each patient

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WWII nurse to receive French Legion of Honour medal for work during the war

RCN sets out timetable for ANP accreditation

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Story in numbers

Abortion clinic staff ‘run the gauntlet’ of protests

Stephanie Jones-Berry

News in brief

Media dispute NMC hearings decision

Dwindling community nursing provision has knock-on effect for end of life care choices

Discussing organ donation with relatives ‘best left to specialists’

Unions demand action to improve nurses’ pay

Petra Kendall-Raynor

Black History Month

Theresa May must keep her word and put pay right for hard-pressed nurses

Graham Scott