Health written question – answered am ar 30 Ebrill 2009.
Simon Burns
Opposition Whip (Commons)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were treated for healthcare-acquired infections in West Chelmsford constituency in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Phil Hope
Minister of State (Care Services; Minister for the East Midlands), Department of Health
The information requested is not collected centrally. The best available data are from the mandatory surveillance system operated for the Department by the Health Protection Agency, which covers methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections, Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infections, glycopeptide-resistant enterococci infections, and orthopaedic surgical site infections (SSIs).
Data are not available by parliamentary constituency but by acute national health service trust. The following tables provide data for the Mid-Essex hospital services NHS trust.
All acute NHS trusts in England are obliged to report all cases of bloodstream infections caused by MRSA.
| Number of cases of bloodstream infections caused by MRSA | |
| April to March each year | Mid-Essex hospital services NHS trust |
| 2001-02 | 44 |
| 2002-03 | 33 |
| 2003-04 | 43 |
| 2004-05 | 41 |
| 2005-06 | 38 |
| 2006-07 | 12 |
| 2007-08 | 9 |
| Notes: 1. These data comprise all specimens processed by acute NHS trust laboratories, not just those from in-patients, and include infections acquired in hospital and elsewhere. 2. These data are only available by financial year. | |
All acute NHS trusts in England are obliged to report all cases of C. difficile infection in people aged 65 years and over. In April 2007, mandatory surveillance was extended to include all patients aged two years and over.
| Number of cases of C. difficile infection in people aged 65 years and over | |
| Mid-Essex hospital services NHS trust | |
| 2004 | 164 |
| 2005 | 268 |
| 2006 | 277 |
| 2007 | 133 |
| Number of cases of C. difficile infection in people aged two years and over | |
| April to March each year | Mid-Essex hospital services NHS trust |
| 2007 | 171 |
| Note: These data comprise all specimens processed by acute NHS trust laboratories, not just those from in-patients, and include infections acquired in hospital and elsewhere. | |
All acute NHS trusts in England are obliged to report all cases of blood stream infections caused by glycopeptide-resistant enterococci.
| Number of cases of blood stream infections caused by glycopeptide-resistant enterococci | |
| October to September each year | Mid-Essex hospital services NHS trust |
| 2003-04 | 0 |
| 2004-05 | 0 |
| 2005-06 | 4 |
| 2006-07 | 4 |
| Notes: 1. These data comprise all specimens processed by acute NHS trust laboratories, not just those from in-patients, and include infections acquired in hospital and elsewhere. 2. These data are available from October to September; they are not available by calendar year. | |
Since 2004, data have been collected from the mandatory surveillance of SSIs in orthopaedic categories in NHS hospitals in England. Hospitals carrying out orthopaedic surgery have to participate in the surveillance of at least one category for at least one quarter of the year.
| Number of SSIs in orthopaedic categories for Mid-Essex hospital services NHS trust | ||||||||
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | |||||
| Surgical category | Number of operations | SSIs | Number of operations | SSIs | Number of operations | SSIs | Number of operations | SSIs |
| Hip prosthesis | 205 | 4 | 325 | 3 | 416 | 1 | 367 | 0 |
| Knee prosthesis | 209 | 2 | 358 | 0 | 343 | 0 | 396 | 0 |
| Open reduction of long bone fracture | 109 | 2 | 200 | 1 | 211 | 3 | 223 | 0 |
| Hip hemiarthroplasty | 105 | 6 | 136 | 0 | 103 | 0 | 134 | 0 |
| Note: All of the SSIs reported are identified during the in-patient period. | ||||||||
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No3 people think not
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