HC Deb 13 March 1997 vol 292 cc347-8W
Mr. Brian David Jenkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action his Department is taking to prevent the spread of MRSA within hospitals and the community. [19723]

Completed schemes
Project/scheme Completed date Cost £ Updated cost £
Amersham—dermatology unit 21 January 1994 2,581,694 3,195,841
Amersham operating theatres 24 June 1983 1,333,653 1,873,782
Amersham phase 1 22 July 1991 6,193,487 7,312,478
Buckingham—phase 1 16 February 1990 1,263,502 1,577,974
Milton Keynes DGH—end unit 24 September 1992 1,202,638 1,431,955
Milton Keynes DGH—M1 unit 24 November 1988 2,495,264 3,187,133
Milton Keynes DGH—OPD 13 November 1989 3,578,463 4,278,928
Milton Keynes DGH—phase 1 12 September 1983 15,638,544 19,974,686
Milton Keynes DGH—phase 2 21 August 1991 17,810,043 21,296,264
St. John's EMI 11 March 1991 1,816,779 1,843,014
Stoke Mandeville—maternity 5 May 1991 6,030,648 6,117,733
Stoke Mandeville—OPD/hospice 18 July 1989 1,598,049 1,952,399
Stoke Mandeville—pathology 5 May 1989 1,545,574 1,930,250
Stoke Mandeville—X-ray 10 July 1987 1,287,006 1,689,947
Stoke Mandeville—enabling works 30 July 1996 1,185,964 1,306,886
Tindal M1 development 7 May 1991 3,831,237 3,472,831
Tweed Drive—nursing home 17 November 1989 1,224,958 1,212,018
Wycombe pathology 5 July 1985 1,314,300 1,801,553
Wycombe—X-ray extensions and alterations 16 September 1994 2,074,436 2,545,487
Milton Keynes—secure unit phase 2 14 February 1995 1,918,847 2,228,083
Aylesbury manor house rehabilitation unit 30 June 1995 1,520,819 1,689,131
Totals 77,445,905 91,918,373
Abbreviations:
DGH = District General Hospital.
EMI = Elderly Mentally Infirm.
OPD = Out-Patients Department.
MI = Mental Illness.

Planned schemes
Project/scheme Forecast completion date Estimated cost (£)
Stoke Mandeville Hospital redevelopment Negotiating with potential PFI partners 20,000,000
Aylesbury Vale mental health intensive care unit Summer 1998 1,800,000
Amersham and High Wycombe redevelopment (South Buckinghamshire) Start on site date dependent on the outcome of refinancing discussions 38,000,000

Mr. Horam

The Department is currently working with professional groups on the revision of clinical guidelines on methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus issued to the national health service in September 1994. We have also commissioned the Royal College of Nursing to produce an education video and teaching pack on MRSA. In May 1996 the Department issued a leaflet on MRSA to health authorities, social services departments and nursing and residential homes.

Copies of the guidelines issued in 1994 and the leaflet on MRSA are available in the Library.