Written question asked by Lord Grayling (Conservative) on Tuesday, 14 January 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 28 January 2003. It was answered by Hazel Blears (Labour) on Tuesday, 28 January 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what work Strategic Health Authorities are undertaking to assess healthcare acquired infection data from local trusts; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what work Strategic Health Authorities are undertaking to assess healthcare acquired infection data from local trusts; and if he will make a statement. [91466] Ms Blears: The Commission for Health Improvement has recently announced two performance indicators for acute and specialist trusts for 2003, which relate to healthcare associated infections. One performance indicator concerns infection control procedures and the other is an improvement score for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. Both indicators are based on healthcare associated infection data provided by acute national health service hospital trusts. Strategic health authorities will be using these indicators to manage the performance of their trusts in the future.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 91466; 398 c810W;398 c808W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Hospitals Infectious diseases Health authorities NHS trusts MRSA Standards Research
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk