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Put to him the Leader of the Opposition had blamed the Prime Minister for the rise of MRSA, because of his support for targets, the PMOS said he was not getting into a dialogue with the Leader of the Opposition. As he had said in the morning lobby, the Government had made it clear for some time just how seriously we took the issue of MRSA. The figures reported today, and as the ONS also said, were partly accounted for by increased levels of reporting. We did not in any way underestimate the seriousness of the issue, but at the same time, it was clear that if the relevant people believed a ward should be closed, then it should be closed. Targets had been responsible for achieving a cut in waiting lists across the board, and in an improvement in standards across the board in the health service. What people should focus on was the range of detailed, practical measures that the Government had announced to deal with MRSA in the knowledge that there was no one single factor or person to blame for MRSA. Rather, there were a range of factors that people had to take action against, and that was the Government’s serious reply to a serious problem.

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"Staphylococcus aureus can grow at a temperature range of 15 to 45 degrees"… anyone remember ever being in hospital and having the ambient temperature any less than 60 degrees… anyone ever been able to open a window in a hospital ward… anyone in the NHS going to ever step back and realise that we’ve got great potential in all the current small care units for a straightforward, holistic and workable health care system?? All it would take is a bit of thinking outside the box in terms of funding options!
Comment by aunty q — 27 Feb 2005 on 12:31 am | Link
I am both a kidney dialysis patient and a severely disabled person due to MRSA. My disability is that I have had amputated the fingers of my left hand and both legs above the knee. I am extremely disappointed in that I have tried to sue the hospital concerned but "expert advice" has ruled I would not succeed. What annoys me is the number of people sue-ing for such matters as wrongful dismissal etc and getting vast sums as compensation when they have no physical harm to them yet I can’t get any copensation.
Comment by Roger Taylor — 30 Nov 2006 on 2:43 pm | Link
I am both a kidney dialysis patient and a severely disabled person due to MRSA. My disability is that I have had amputated the fingers of my left hand and both legs above the knee. I am extremely disappointed in that I have tried to sue the hospital concerned but "expert advice" has ruled I would not succeed. What annoys me is the number of people sue-ing for such matters as wrongful dismissal etc and getting vast sums as compensation when they have no physical harm to them yet I can’t get any copensation.
Comment by Roger Taylor — 30 Nov 2006 on 2:44 pm | Link
I am both a kidney dialysis patient and a severely disabled person due to MRSA. My disability is that I have had amputated the fingers of my left hand and both legs above the knee. I am extremely disappointed in that I have tried to sue the hospital concerned but "expert advice" has ruled I would not succeed. What annoys me is the number of people sue-ing for such matters as wrongful dismissal etc and getting vast sums as compensation when they have no physical harm to them yet I can’t get any copensation.
Comment by Roger Taylor — 30 Nov 2006 on 2:44 pm | Link
I am both a kidney dialysis patient and a severely disabled person due to MRSA. My disability is that I have had amputated the fingers of my left hand and both legs above the knee. I am extremely disappointed in that I have tried to sue the hospital concerned but "expert advice" has ruled I would not succeed. What annoys me is the number of people sue-ing for such matters as wrongful dismissal etc and getting vast sums as compensation when they have no physical harm to them yet I can’t get any copensation.
Comment by Roger Taylor — 30 Nov 2006 on 2:48 pm | Link
I am both a kidney dialysis patient and a severely disabled person due to MRSA. My disability is that I have had amputated the fingers of my left hand and both legs above the knee. I am extremely disappointed in that I have tried to sue the hospital concerned but "expert advice" has ruled I would not succeed. What annoys me is the number of people sue-ing for such matters as wrongful dismissal etc and getting vast sums as compensation when they have no physical harm to them yet I can’t get any copensation.
Comment by Roger Taylor — 30 Nov 2006 on 2:58 pm | Link

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