Written question asked by John MacDougall (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 March 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 10 March 2006. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Monday, 13 March 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.

MRSA

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many MRSA cases there were in each hospital in Cumbria in each of the last three years.

Answer

[holding answer 10 March 2006]: The information is not available by individual hospital in Cumbria. However, the number of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) cases by national health service trust is shown in the table.

Annual data for 2001 to 2005
	April 2002 to March 2003			April 2003 to March 2004
Trust name	Number of MRSA bacteraemia reports	MRSA rate (per 1000 bed-days)	Number of MRSA bacteraemia reports	MRSA rate (per 1000 bed-days)
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	58	0.17	56	0.15
Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust	24	0.08	30	0.1
North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	27	0.12	22	0.09

	April 2004 to March 2005			April 2005 to September 2005
Trust name	Number of MRSA bacteraemia reports	MRSA rate (per 1000 bed-days)	Number of MRSA bacteraemia reports	MRSA rate (per 1000 bed-days)
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	74	0.2	20	0.12
Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust	30	0.1	18	0.12
North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust	24	0.1	12	0.11
Source: Department of Health Mandatory MRSA Bacteraemia Surveillance Scheme—MRSA bacteraemia by NHS Trust
⁽⁵⁶⁾ 2004–05 rate per 1,000 bed days is provisional as final 2004–05 activity data are not yet available.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 57739; 443 c2022W;443 c2022W
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Cumbria MRSA
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

MRSA

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