he general election has come and gone, and so we enter a third term of new Labour government It is reasonable to assume the NHS is therefore set to continue on course for 18-week waiting times, payment by results, chronic disease management in the community and greater private sector involvement.It will probably be more of the same for infection control also. Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus and Clostridium difficile will continue to frustrate us and norovirus will still cause gastroenteritis in patients and health care workers - as well as acute anxiety in chief executives and bed managers.
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