Monday, 27, Oct 2008 12:00
MRSA Action UK will meet with the Health Select Committee to debate the issue of healthcare infections putting the case for a national policy of Search and Destroy, and looking at the issue of protecting patients and the wider community with a more joined up approach to policy and regulation.
Portcullis House, London
MRSA Action UK was heartened by the news of Sir Richard Branson’s election to the position of Vice-President of the Patients Association.
It has come as no surprise to MRSA Action UK of this week’s report relating the first outbreak of a mutant strain of E.coli 026 on a dairy farm in the UK, and its relationship with the heavy use of antibiotics on farm animals.
MRSA Action UK welcomed the Smart Solutions programme which was designed to bring forward new technologies generated by businesses in healthcare and other commercial sectors that are not currently in use, or have not been widely adopted within the NHS.
MRSA Action UK welcomes the reduction in the numbers of people who have been infected with Clostridium difficile this quarter.