The New Year bought with it some excellent news for our PCNR Editor, Deborah Glover. 

She's way too modest to write about it herself so it's up to me your publisher, to do the decent thing. Now all I have to do is spread this far and wide through social media before she deletes it...

What is the matter with managers? The care home sector is crying out for staff, particularly qaulified staff, yet they seem to be putting up barriers to anyone with half a brain who may consider working for them....

Here, Brain Booth outlines his recent experience.

For patients, the communications they receive are practically and symbolically important. An appointment letter may be the first time they come into contact with the health service. You'd think therefore that this simple thing would be done corrrectly, every time...

In his latest blog, David Gilbert finds that this isn't the case....

In Issue 4, Brian Booth discussed professional boundaries.

In this follow-up article, he challenges you again...

Are you a fan of Call the Midwife? Sue Smith looks back on childbirth approaches practice in the 60s. And no, it wasn't all Patchouli and free love (although that may be why Sue was delivering some of the babies she delivered...)