Written question asked by Graham Stuart (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 July 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 July 2006. It was answered by Andy Burnham (Labour) on Monday, 4 September 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.

MRSA

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many MRSA cases there have been in each hospital in Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust area in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

Answer

The information is not available in the format required. However, meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) figures for Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals National Health Services Trust are as follows:

	Number/rate
April 2001 to March 2002
Number of MRSA bacteraemia reports	106
MRSA rate (per 1,000 bed days)	0.26
April 2002 to March 2003
Number of MRSA bacteraemia reports	75
MRSA rate (per 1,000 bed days)	0.18

April 2003 to March 2004
Number of MRSA bacteraemia reports	102
MRSA rate (per 1,000 bed days)	0.23

April 2004 to March 2005
Number of MRSA bacteraemia reports	90
MRSA rate (per 1,000 bed days)	0.21

The Department continues to engage those trusts facing the most significant challenges to their delivery plan, which ensures the trust meets an agreed level of reduction in MRSA bacteraemia. Here it is working with trusts most likely to benefit from tailored support. Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust is engaged in this improvement programme, and a departmental team concluded a diagnostic assessment, and recommendations for action were due to be presented to the trust board on 25 July. The board will, with departmental support, be working up a detailed action plan to deliver the agreed reduction in MRSA cases.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 87673; 449 c2131-2W
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: MRSA Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

MRSA

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