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Weathering the storm
Extreme climate changes are posing a major challenge for the NHS. Can it cope, asks Lynn Eaton
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Wheeler dealers
The ever-tightening grip of hospital-acquired infections is leading many experts to call for a public health role within trusts. Ann McGauran reports
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Who's watching?
There is no shortage of pressing topics that could potentially occupy an enthusiastic trust public health director. It is over a year since the publication of the National Audit Office report The Management and Control of Hospital Acquired Infection in Acute NHS Trusts in England.
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Clinical depression
An unpublished action plan seen by HSJmakes wide-ranging criticisms of Oxford Radcliffe Hospital trust's accident and emergency services. Claire Laurent wonders if the plan will do anything to stop the haemorrhaging of staff
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Digging deep
Internal and external reviews, plus pressures ranging in source from the RCN to CHI, mean the Oxford Heart Centre is still struggling to win back confidence. Ann McGauran reports
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Ever-decreasing circles
The appointment of Richard Douglas as the NHS's new head of finance has been greeted with universal approval. But there are tricky times ahead, warns Paul Stephenson
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Government would win the war - but lose the goodwill
Milburn should be wary of alienating doctors ahead of the election
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Hush hush Hammersmith
Despite lessons of recent times, screening unit still tried to hide problems
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Giving some microbes a helping hand in the struggle for survival
Now here's a smart way of shielding the body from harmful bacteria: use friendly microbes to do it for you.
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Why managers should warm to a topic that may seem remote
Managers grappling with regular bed shortages may not take kindly to being asked if they've paused to consider the consequences of a change in world climate. But someone has to contemplate these things - including Tony McMichael, professor of epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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New solutions loom for problem that weighs down health services
The long-term hazards of being severely overweight are many, but the simplest remedy, reducing calorie intake, is the most arduous; so researchers go on hunting for more exotic but kinder solutions.
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For our eyes only
The NHS Litigation Authority has valuable information on individual doctors which it should release to employing organisations, says Kieran Walshe
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Getting even
The NHS is the biggest employer of black and ethnic-minority staff, yet that is not reflected at management level. Lorraine Foster and Sarah James explain how one trust is trying to redress the balance