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Written question asked by Lord Mann (Labour) on Monday, 19 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 October 2009. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Monday, 26 October 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Infectious Diseases: Nottinghamshire

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the rate of (a) clostridium difficile and (b) MRSA infection in (i) Bassetlaw Primary Care Trust and (ii) Nottinghamshire County Teaching Primary Care Trust was in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Answer

Information on the number of Clostridium difficile infections, broken down by requested primary care trust (PCT) level, is available since 2007-08 and has been set out in the following table.

Clostridium difficile
Number of cases Rate per 100,000 population
Bassetlaw PCT
2007-08 52 47.6
2008-09 49 44.8
Nottinghamshire County PCT
2007-08 820 127
2008-09 452 70
Source:
Health Protection Agency

Data on methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections is published at acute trust level only. The information is therefore not available in the format requested. Data for the Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Foundation Trust has been set out in the following table.

MRSA bacteraemia
Number of cases Rate per 100,000 population
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2006-07 44 1.66
2007-08 36 1.43
2008-09 31 1.24
Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Foundation Trust
2006-07 26 0.77
2007-08 26 0.77
2008-09 13 0.39
Notes:
1. No acute trust headquarters are located in Bassetlaw PCT. However, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is located in Nottinghamshire Country Teaching PCT. Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Foundation Trust is located in Doncaster PCT.
2. Services at Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Foundation Trust are mainly commissioned by Doncaster PCT.
Source:
Health Protection Agency

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
498 c105-6W;498 c103-4W; 294930
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Infectious diseases Nottinghamshire MRSA Clostridium
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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