]> 2008-05-08T17:48:00+00:00 tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/archive_features.asp PSCA International http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feed/logo_service.gif PSCA International http://www.publicservice.co.uk Straight-talking local government minister John Healey describes his ministerial brief as ‘bloody complicated’. Dean Carroll seeks similar candour on the future of the central-local concordat, elected mayors and regional development agencies tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=9671 2008-05-08T17:48:00+00:00 Jenny Saunders, Acting Chief Executive of National Energy Action, comments on how Government is failing to reduce fuel poverty. tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=9670 2008-05-08T14:37:00+00:00 Phil Rothwell, Head of Flood Risk Management Policy at the Environment Agency, comments on the Agency's future strategies to limit flood damage. tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=9669 2008-05-08T11:24:00+00:00 Jon Gamble, LSC Director for Adults and Lifelong Learning, outlines the leaps already made in learning, thanks to technology. tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=9567 2008-05-07T09:00:00+00:00 Drugs, drink and prisons – a toxic mix, explains Director of the Prison Reform Trust Juliet Lyon, but with a strategy to treat and rehabilitate many substance misusers in the community, a cycle that could be broken tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=9571 2008-05-07T09:00:00+00:00 The transformational government agenda and increasing emphasis on innovation means that public sector risk management is about identifying opportunities as well as threats, IRM chairwoman Simone Wray tells Alison Thomas tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=9664 2008-05-06T23:52:00+00:00 It has been a hard lesson to learn that a succession of Labour victories in economic good times is no guarantee of greater social equality, says Danny Dorling tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=9663 2008-05-06T23:42:00+00:00 Sustainable Development 08 put government, action groups, scientists and leaders from across the public sector at the heart of a debate on the pace and scope of action to deliver progress, three years on from the Securing the Future strategy tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=9662 2008-05-06T23:19:00+00:00 The NHS's Foluke Ajayi discusses the growing and ever-changing career opportunities at Britain's biggest employer with Caroline Pennington tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=9627 2008-05-06T09:00:00+00:00 Jamie Rentoul, Head of Strategy at the Healthcare Commission, describes the monitoring of equality within the NHS. tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=9628 2008-05-06T09:00:00+00:00 Dr Stephanie Clark and Melina Mercier, from the BSRF, look at the BSRF and SAUK's combined efforts to tackle scoliosis. tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=9629 2008-05-06T09:00:00+00:00 Public Service Review assesses the impact of back pain on individuals, NHS resources and the UK economy. tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=9630 2008-05-06T09:00:00+00:00 Public Service Review's Lauren Smith looks at the development and importance of out of hours services across the UK. tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=9631 2008-05-06T09:00:00+00:00 Professor Brian Duerden, Inspector of Microbiology and Infection Control, gives an overview of antibiotics in modern medicine. tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=9632 2008-05-06T09:00:00+00:00 Professor Barry Cookson, Director of the Laboratory of Healthcare Associated Infections, outlines the Hospital Infection Control diploma. tag:www.publicservice.co.uk,2008-02-18:/feature_story.asp?id=9633 2008-05-06T09:00:00+00:00