The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, a trade agreement currently being negotiated by the United States and the European Union, is set to remove barriers to the buying and selling of goods and services between the two trading giants.

A staff nurse says she has failed a nursing student she was mentoring because his performance was below standard. Her line manager and the link tutor from the university feel she is being overly harsh. I have agreed to meet with her, and would appreciate some guidance on how I can support her.

Nurses and other public sector workers were dealt another blow by the government last week when chancellor George Osborne announced that pay rises are to be capped at 1% for four years.

I was slightly nervous when I realised that Ramadan, Islam’s holiest month, takes place during this year’s RCN congress.