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To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus incidents have occurred in hospitals in the (a) West Midlands and (b) London region in each of the past five years. - Inc table and fact that info not collected centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus incidents have occurred in hospitals in the (a) West Midlands and (b) London region in each of the past five years. - Inc table and fact that info not collected centrally.
Asked by
Jenny Jones
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Jowell
(Labour)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
2 June 1998
For answer on
9 June 1998
Answered on
9 June 1998
Ms Jenny Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus incidents have
occurred in hospitals in the (a) West Midlands and (b) London region in each of the past five years. [44438]
Ms Jowell: Information on the total number of cases of infection or colonisation with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) is not collected centrally.
National epidemiological data on MRSA are compiled by the Public Health Laboratory service (PHLS) from isolates submitted
voluntarily by hospitals in England and Wales for specialist microbiological tests. From these data, the number of incidents of
MRSA--three or more patients infected or colonised by the same strain MRSA in a month from the same hospital--is recorded. The
numbers of incidents for the years 199-1997 are in the table.
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Year West Midlands London Region{2}
1992 35 216
1993 68 348
1994 169 649
1995 128 943
1996 121 960
1997{1} {1}55 {1}491
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{1} Data for six months only {2} North Thames, North West Thames, South East Thames and South West Thames.
The Department is currently discussing with the PHLS ways of improving surveillance systems so as to provide more complete data on
MRSA.
Subjects
Hospitals; Greater London; Infectious diseases; Patients; MRSA; West Midlands
Date
9 June 1998
Reference
44438; 313 c539-40W
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House of Commons