§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many surgical site infections there were in the NHS in(a) England, (b) each region and (c) each NHS trust in each year since 1997. [167431]
§ Mr. HuttonThese data are not available but aggregated data from the Health Protection Agency's voluntary surveillance system have been published in "Surveillance of surgical site infection in English Hospitals 1997–2002". Copies have been placed in the Library. This is also available at: http://www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/hai/SSIreport.pdf.