§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what requirement there is on NHS trusts to notify cases in their hospitals of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; and in how many hospitals cases have been reported in the last 10 years. [3922]
§ Mr. HoramThere is no requirement on national health service trusts to notify cases of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus—MRSA. However, the public health laboratory service maintains aggregate data on MRSA as part of its national surveillance of communicable disease and infection.