Childhood eczema

Dinah Gould

A personal experience

Suzanne Johns

Community care (direct payments) act 1996

Rachael Spain

Influenza epidemiology and prevention

Carol Knott

The school nurse’s role in caring for adolescents

Sarah Bekaert

Nurses helping patients to self care - how far can they go?

Gopa Mitra

A new approach to disease management in multiple sclerosis

Sue Thomas

Reflections on an NDU

Anita Fatchett, Joanne Dorsman, Nicky Kitching

Positive attitudes

Philip Scullion, Victoria Eathorne

North south divide

Suzanna McGregor

Introducing palliative care – third edition

Helen Bentley

Advanced and specialist nursing practice

Anne Philips

Clinical effectiveness in nursing practice

Jess Dorrett

Integrated teams in primary care

Stephen Newby

Walk in centres

Lynn Young

Diary dates

A fond farewell to practice nurses

Mark Jones

News in brief

Expanded PN roles require more training

NICE reviews continence care plans

Guidance to help nurses assess cases of child abuse

Assessment bands for free nursing care in dispute

Nurses asked to take the lead in sexual health

Training for ‘independent prescribers’

A half way house for prescribing

Frances Pickersgill