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HIV roundup

Barbara Weller

Advertising to invisible groups

Stephane Mougenez, John Howe

HIV: the story of a family

Carol-Anne Slater, Jennifers Bright

Come back Mum

Luke Kavanagh

New degrees of prejudice

Jonathan Kerswell, John Booth

The healing power of animals

Carrie Howse

One minute wisdom

Viv Semmens

Gossip

Love letter with a sting in the tail

Renée McAlpine

Thank you all for giving me your vote

Rod Thomson

Don’t miss out on your 3 per cent

Malcolm Harrison

NVQs allow nurses to be free to nurse

Janice Taylor

Slack NVQ assessors must be reported

Information exchange

Face it, HCAs are part of nursing's future

Gilly Gladman

Definitely against sexual slavery

Bruce Fraser

We have on-going hep B screening

Sarah E Cave

Managers flout the grading guidelines

Stephen Abbley

Action won’t affect standards of care

What are nurses’ views on expanding practice?

Karen Edwards

Ovarian cancer: screening and early detection

Elizabeth Gangar, Jennifer Penny

Rewarding nurses for good attendance

James Buchan

Accreditation of prior achievements

Alan Myles

Organ donation: social and cultural issues

Gurch Randhawa

Getting your message across

Peter Baxter-Derrington

Purely medicinal

Jonathan Koffman, Meryl Husdon

‘It is a last resort, but the option should be there’

Jean Gray

The old Rule 12 and the new version

A clear vote for choice

Jean Gray

Which way forward?

Kate Williams, Graham Scott

Lowering oxygen prevents atelectasis

Women prefer spinal- epidural in labour

Long-term smokers’ risk of breast cancer

Homeopathic remedies in postoperative pain

Security staff jobs must be saved to ensure midwives have peace of mind

Report backs evidence-based medicine

Primary care will shape future of NHS

Teachers’ fears hold back children’s sex education

Staff are left in the dark on local pay

Kate Williams

Sharp increase in stress at work says new survey

Fears of whistleblowing nurse highlight dilemma

News in brief

Patient focus has some success

JO Barr

Labour’s policy ‘not up to date’

Final Act for NHS

New union launched in Scotland to counter ‘big bullies’

RCN goes it alone in staff side union vote

Unions attack RCM for accepting deal

Shock and anger at RCM’s decision

The public would support nurses’ action

Vote is ‘enduring legacy’ of pay campaign

Jean Gray

Editorial

Norah Casey