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Written question asked by Rosie Cooper (Labour) on Thursday, 9 March 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 March 2006. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 March 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.

MRSA (Lancashire)

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give details of the numbers of how many MRSA cases there were in each hospital in (a) Lancashire and (b) hospitals which receive significant numbers of patients from West Lancashire constituency in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.
Answer

The information is not available in the format requested. However, information relating to the national health service hospitals trusts in the Lancashire area is shown in the table.

MRSA cases: Annual data for 2001–05
April 2001 to March 2002 April 2002 to March 2003 April 2003 to March 2004 April 2004 to March 2005
Trust name Number of MRSA bacteraemia reports MRSA rate per 1,000 bed-days Number of MRSA bacteraemia reports MRSA rate per 1,000 bed-days Number of MRSA bacteraemia reports MRSA rate per 1,000 bed-days Number of MRSA bacteraemia reports MRSA rate per 1,000 bed-days
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust 44 0.22 40 0.11 64 0.17 62 0.16
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust 57 0.11 66 0.16 63 0.15 69 0.17
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 76 0.21 58 0.17 56 0.15 74 0.2
Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust 33 0.1 24 0.08 30 0.1 30 0.1
Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust 4 0.02 11 0.06 10 0.06 13 0.07
Source: Department of Health Mandatory MRSA Bacteraemia Surveillance Scheme —MRSA bacteraemia by NHS trust.
(32) 2004–05 rate per 1,000 bed-days is provisional as final 2004–05 activity data are not yet available.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
58455; 444 c272W;444 c272W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
MRSA Lancashire
Link
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