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Written question asked by Graham Stuart (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 July 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 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 cases of MRSA have been identified in hospitals in Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last five years, broken down by national health service trust; and if she will make a statement.
Answer

The information requested is shown in the following table.

April 2001 to March 2002 April 2002 to March 2003 April 2003 to March 2004 April 2004 to March 2005 April 2005 to March 2006
Trust Number Number Number Number Number
Airdale NHS Trust 11 10 20 18 16
Barnsley Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 22 18 22 13 17
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 45 48 44 75 58
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust 38 39 37 40 28
Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 27 33 46 27 29
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust 13 11 6 9 8
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 106 75 102 90 101
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 196 165 204 200 165
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust 70 95 87 78 70
North Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust 36 34 28 40 23
Rotherham General Hospitals NHS Trust 22 14 25 7 21
Scarborough and NE Yorkshire Healthcare NHS Trust 31 15 33 19 13
Sheffield Children's Hospitals NHS Trust 3 0 2 1 2
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 67 91 103 103 75
York Health Services NHS Trust 27 16 31 28 22
Source:
Department of Health Mandatory meticillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Bacteraemia Surveillance Scheme

This is the first Government to introduce mandatory MRSA surveillance and this continues to be developed. An improvement programme has been introduced to provide tailored support to those trusts with the most challenging MRSA bacteraemia numbers. The objective is to assist in diagnosing those issues which prevent reduction in infections and to develop practical, robust action plans that speed-up progress and delivery. General support and shared learning is enhanced via trusts’ ““Performance Improvement Network””, which has over 80 participants.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
449 c2132-4W; 88507
Session
2005-06
Subjects
MRSA Yorkshire and the Humber
Link
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