§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases of hospital-acquired infection were recorded(a) at each hospital and (b) within each health and social services board area in Northern Ireland in each of the last four years. [186601]
§ Angela SmithThere were 228 reports of patient episodes of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections in Northern Ireland in 2001–02 and 218 in 2002–03. The figures for 2003–04 will be available shortly. Records of such reports are maintained on an acute hospital trust basis and are set out in the following tables along with a breakdown by health and social services board. Earlier data and data for other infections are not available.
Table 1: Number of MRSA patient episodes by acute hospital trust Acute hospital trust 2001–02 2002–03 Altnagelvin Group 22 13 Belfast City Hospital 55 46 Causeway 8 9 Craigavon Area Hospital Group 13 16 Down Lisburn 10 8 Green Park Healthcare 2 4 Mater Infirmorum Hospital 16 19 Newry and Mourne 6 4 Royal Group of Hospitals 40 26 Sperrin Lakeland 5 9 Ulster Community and Hospitals 17 29 United Hospitals Group 34 35
Table 2: Number of MRSA patient episodes by health board Health and social service, board 2001–02 2002–03 Northern 42 44 Southern 19 20 Eastern 140 132 Western 27 22