MRSA Action UK

Welcome

Tuesday, 02, Dec 2008 08:20


MRSA Action UK is a registered charity that supports people who have been affected by healthcare infections. We provide advice and information to people who enquire on the best way to prepare and reduce the risks of contracting an infection.

We provide a patient voice to those who influence and regulate the delivery of high quality, safe patient care.

We work in partnership with healthcare providers, both in the public and private sector in the United Kingdom. We are an independent organisation and advise and work with government, the public, patients and other professions to promote awareness of healthcare infections and how to prevent them.

The Charity was established in 2005 by people who had been brought together through being affected by healthcare infections. We are a voluntary organisation with a constitution and are run by a Board of Trustees who are elected annually.

Our Vision

An NHS where patients can receive the highest quality care equivalent to that of other healthcare systems where the prevention of healthcare infections is considered paramount in patient care.

Our Purpose

To sustain those affected by healthcare infections by providing an advocacy and support service.

To respond to government consultation papers to reflect patients and carers’ views on the prevention of healthcare associated infections.

To play a leading role in the promotion of high quality patient care and to act as an independent watchdog for better regulation of safe healthcare.

Terms of reference

http://mrsaactionuk.net/

Latest Press Releases

MRSA Action UK welcomes Sir Richard Branson to the fight against healthcare infections

MRSA Action UK was heartened by the news of Sir Richard Branson’s election to the position of Vice-President of the Patients Association.

MRSA Action UK: The rising threat from new superbugs

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: NHS Smart Solutions must continue to save lives

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: Disparity remains in reducing Clostridium difficile

MRSA Action UK welcomes the reduction in the numbers of people who have been infected with Clostridium difficile this quarter.