Tuesday, 02, Dec 2008 03:55
MRSA Action UK can be contacted by email at info@mrsaactionuk.net
Telephone: 01606 559 748
For patients in need of advice and support there are regional representatives’ contact details on our website at http://mrsaactionuk.net
For Press and Media contact Derek Butler
Derek Butler, Chair, email derek.butler@mrsaactionuk.net
Telephone: 07762 741114
Maria Cann Secretary and Web Site Administrator maria.cann@mrsaactionuk.net
Telephone: 01772 683788
Mavis Law Treasurer and Membership Secretary mavis.law@mrsaactionuk.net
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.