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The article reports on research which was conducted to investigate the support that newly qualified nurses need when transitioning from student to registered nurse. The research, which reviewed 24 papers, found that newly qualified nurses need support from management and that preceptorships were effective in helping them transition from students to registered nurses. Recommendations on preceptorships from the Nursing and Midwifery Council and Britain's Department of Health are discussed.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to a comment from the commons public accounts committee chairman Margaret Hodge regarding the consultation paper "No Voice Unheard, No Right Ignored" in the April 1, 2015 issue.

The article provides information related to smoking cessation in Great Britain. It reveals that the country has nearly ten million smokers and smoking remains the main cause of preventable illness and premature death. It also provides details on the study which suggests that 11 million smokers were admitted to the hospital and the move of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to publish a paper advocating the routine and systematic delivery of cessation support to smokers.