Lynne Featherstone
Shadow Spokesperson (Home Affairs), Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Home Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the incidence of MRSA in NHS hospitals.
Jane Kennedy
Minister of State, Department of Health
The mandatory surveillance system for health care associated infection started in April 2001 with the collection of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood stream infections data.
The latest data, for April to September 2004, shows a six per cent. drop on the corresponding period in 2003. More details can be found on the Department's website at www.dh.gov.uk/PublicationsAndStatistics/Publications/PublicationsStatistics/PublicationsStatistics Article/fs/en?CONTENT_ID=4085951&chk=HBt2QD.
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Dave Roberts
Posted on 16 Jun 2005 8:30 am (Report this annotation)
Unbelievable question. What answer was she expecting? Why waste time and money asking the question when there is so much available on the record already
Dave Roberts