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TUESDAY 1 JUNE 2010

Hospital infections to be reported online
Information on MRSA and Clostridium difficile infection rates are to be reported online each week from July, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley will announce on Wednesday. Presently, health officials only release infection rates for each trust, which can include up to three hospitals on a monthly basis. When the new initiative goes ahead NHS patients will eventually be able to check rates of infection on the ward they are being treated on. New Prime Minister David Cameron has said that hospitals must give patients more information about the superbugs that are linked to over 8,000 deaths each year. Mr Lansley said, “It will let people make meaningful choices about different hospitals.” (Telegraph)

TUESDAY 6 APRIL

C diff death in Scotland
Four patients in Perth Royal Infirmary have contracted the hospital ‘superbug’ Clostridium difficile, one of whom has died. Infection control procedures have been implemented and the ward has been closed to new admissions. Cases of the disease in Scottish hospitals are at their lowest since records began. (BBC)