Proceeding contribution from Ann Keen (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 21 November 2007. It occurred during Opposition day on Health Care-Associated Infections.
Health Care-Associated Infections
I have not got time to give way. I hope that hon. Members will be able to take some encouragement from this debate. Health care-associated infections are a challenge, not just for hospitals in the UK, but worldwide. However, as the Secretary of State and I have explained, the NHS is demonstrating that it is up to the challenge. That is nowhere more the case than in Wolverhampton, where leadership was provided not only by the director of nursing, Cheryl Etches, but by the chief executive, David Loughton, who reversed the most serious MRSA and clostridium difficile infections. They received the Secretary of State's award and the Health Service Journal award on Monday. We can praise—
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- 2007-08
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- Admissions Hospitals Disease control Hygiene Infectious diseases Hospital beds NHS Patients Managers MRSA Screening Cleaning services Clostridium Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
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