Written question asked by John Lyons (Labour) on Friday, 26 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 December 2004. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Monday, 13 December 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital trusts in England recorded a reduction in hospital infections between 2003 and 2004. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Lyons: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital trusts in England recorded a reduction in hospital infections between 2003 and 2004. [200892] Miss Melanie Johnson: Information is not available for most healthcare associated infections, but data for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood stream infections are routinely available as the number of cases in each acute national health service trust and as the number of cases per 1,000 bed days. A comparison of MRSA rates for April 2003 to March 2004 with MRSA rates for April 2002 to March 2003 showed that rates had fallen in 45 of 173 acute NHS trusts in England.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 200892; 428 c971W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Hospitals Disease control Infectious diseases NHS trusts MRSA Acute beds
Contains statistics: Yes
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