To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what engagement his Department has had with the Accelerated Access Review (AAR); and whether the AAR plans to investigate expediting the delivery of new drugs and devices to tackle MRSA and antimicrobial resistance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what engagement his Department has had with the Accelerated Access Review (AAR); and whether the AAR plans to investigate expediting the delivery of new drugs and devices to tackle MRSA and antimicrobial resistance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the relationship between hand hygiene compliance levels across the NHS and rates of trust-assigned MRSA bacteraemia in 2015.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the relationship between hand hygiene compliance levels across the NHS and rates of trust-assigned MRSA bacteraemia in 2015.

Letter dated 04/02/2016 from Ben Gummer MP to Nigel Mills MP regarding the hand hygiene debate and rates of MRSA, MSSA, C. diff and E. coli. 1 p.

Letter dated 04/02/2016 from Ben Gummer MP to Nigel Mills MP regarding the hand hygiene debate and rates of MRSA, MSSA, C. diff and E. coli. 1 p.

Table showing numbers of cases of MRSA bacteraemia, Clostridium difficile (CDI), and MSSA bacteraemia for England, by NHS Trust, April 2009 to March 2012. 17 p.

Table showing numbers of cases of MRSA bacteraemia, Clostridium difficile (CDI), and MSSA bacteraemia for England, by NHS Trust, April 2009 to March 2012. 17 p.

I. Table showing MRSA bloodstream infections in Berkshire NHS Trusts from 2001/02 to 2009/10. II. Table showing surgical site infections in Berkshire NHS Trusts, April 2004 to 2010. III. Table showing clostridium difficile infections in Berkshire NHS Trusts, 2004 to 2010.

I. Table showing MRSA bloodstream infections in Berkshire NHS Trusts from 2001/02 to 2009/10. II. Table showing surgical site infections in Berkshire NHS Trusts, April 2004 to 2010. III. Table showing clostridium difficile infections in Berkshire NHS Trusts, 2004 to 2010.

Lords statement on hospital trusts in Essex and patient safety in the NHS.

Lords statement on hospital trusts in Essex and patient safety in the NHS.

My Lords, the Minister has on a number of occasions used the phrase "patient safety" in the context of this Statement and the questions on it. Is she aware of the considerable concern, indeed alarm, in Suffolk, where I live, at reports that the emergency coronary facilities in Ipswich Hospital...

My Lords, the Minister has on a number of occasions used the phrase "patient safety" in the context of this Statement and the questions on it. Is she aware of the considerable concern, indeed alarm, in Suffolk, where I live, at reports that the emergency coronary facilities in Ipswich Hospital...

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I would like to repeat a Statement made in the other place by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State. "With your permission, Mr Speaker, I wish to make a Statement on patient safety in the NHS. Last week, the regulatory...

My Lords, with the leave of the House, I would like to repeat a Statement made in the other place by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State. "With your permission, Mr Speaker, I wish to make a Statement on patient safety in the NHS. Last week, the regulatory...

I thank the noble Earl and the noble Baroness for their remarks. I shall try to work my way through the questions that we are addressing this evening. The noble Earl asked when Ministers become aware of these matters. He asked me exactly the same question when we discussed these...

I thank the noble Earl and the noble Baroness for their remarks. I shall try to work my way through the questions that we are addressing this evening. The noble Earl asked when Ministers become aware of these matters. He asked me exactly the same question when we discussed these...

My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the Minister for repeating the Statement made in another place earlier. Before turning to the substance of that, I also wish to acknowledge the tremendous amount of very high-quality work done in most hospitals and trusts throughout the United Kingdom. It is always...

My Lords, I, too, am grateful to the Minister for repeating the Statement made in another place earlier. Before turning to the substance of that, I also wish to acknowledge the tremendous amount of very high-quality work done in most hospitals and trusts throughout the United Kingdom. It is always...

My Lords, it is certainly true that I am not briefed on the issue. Obviously, patient safety is at the heart of the work that we do, and recent surveys show that 93 per cent of patients rate their overall experience as good or excellent. However, I will undertake to...

My Lords, it is certainly true that I am not briefed on the issue. Obviously, patient safety is at the heart of the work that we do, and recent surveys show that 93 per cent of patients rate their overall experience as good or excellent. However, I will undertake to...

My Lords, the House will be grateful to the Minister for repeating the Statement. The fact that positively glares at us as we listen to this very disturbing announcement is that the deficiencies evident at these two hospitals are not newly discovered findings. They have been known about for many...

My Lords, the House will be grateful to the Minister for repeating the Statement. The fact that positively glares at us as we listen to this very disturbing announcement is that the deficiencies evident at these two hospitals are not newly discovered findings. They have been known about for many...

Our NHS, our future. 58 p.

Our NHS, our future. 58 p.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress is being made to combat healthcare associated infections in National Health Service hospitals.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress is being made to combat healthcare associated infections in National Health Service hospitals.

In moving this amendment I shall speak also to Amendment 36, and in doing so bring us to a subject that is particularly close to the Minister’s heart, namely quality accounts. I should say immediately to him that I see considerable potential in the idea of quality accounts. Nothing that...

In moving this amendment I shall speak also to Amendment 36, and in doing so bring us to a subject that is particularly close to the Minister’s heart, namely quality accounts. I should say immediately to him that I see considerable potential in the idea of quality accounts. Nothing that...

We may disagree about when people should gather to review these documents, but I hope that we will have a fair degree of unanimity about who should be involved in the review. The amendment seeks to clarify that the process of review will be meaningful to all involved. It sets...

We may disagree about when people should gather to review these documents, but I hope that we will have a fair degree of unanimity about who should be involved in the review. The amendment seeks to clarify that the process of review will be meaningful to all involved. It sets...

Perhaps I may add just one further bit of clarification on this crucial issue—and it is crucial, actually—which relates also to the point raised here about dignity. The fact is that there is now an extremely detailed patient survey: direct responses by patients about their treatment on a whole range...

Perhaps I may add just one further bit of clarification on this crucial issue—and it is crucial, actually—which relates also to the point raised here about dignity. The fact is that there is now an extremely detailed patient survey: direct responses by patients about their treatment on a whole range...