§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 12 March 2004,Official Report, column 1819W, on Healthcare Associated Infections (Deaths), what monitoring his Department will undertake of the provision of isolation facilities in NHS hospitals and the timetable for their implementation. [162434]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonProgress on provision of isolation facilities is one of the actions that the strategic health authorities wi11 monitor and the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection will also assess progress as part of the new performance indicator, "Winning Ways—processes and procedures".