§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many cases of pseudomonas have reported to his Department in each of the last five years in each health authority in England and Wales; [105882]
(2) how many hospitals have notified his Department of problems relating to pseudomonas in each of the last five years; [105883]
327W(3) how many people have died as a result of pseudomonas contracted (a) in NHS hospitals and (b) elsewhere in each of the last five years; [105884]
(4) what guidance he gives hospitals on pseudomonas; and if he will make a statement; [105885]
(5) what guidance he has issued to health authorities and hospital trusts on combating pseudomonas on NHS premises. [105886]
§ Yvette CooperPseudomonas species can cause infections of the urinary tract, chest and blood stream. The most relevant data available centrally about cases of pseudomonas are those for bactaermia (blood infections) caused by pseudomonas species as reported by National Health Service laboratories to the Public Health Laboratory Service. Information for the years 1995–99 by NHS regions is given in the following table. Information on NHS hopital inpatient activity is available from
Laboratory reports of bacteraemias caused by Psuedomonas—1995 to 1999 Health region Organism 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Grand total Eastern Pseudomonas Aeruginosa 74 96 92 97 97 456 Pseudomonas SP 15 15 37 31 51 149 Total 89 111 129 128 148 605 London Pseudomonas Aeruginosa 197 216 204 189 201 1,007 Pseudomonas SP 24 32 26 48 48 178 Total 221 248 230 237 249 1,185 North West Pseudomonas Aeruginosa 151 139 173 174 162 799 Pseudomonas SP 13 25 41 57 45 181 Total 164 164 214 231 207 980 Northern and Yorkshire Pseudomonas Aeruginosa 159 165 112 165 192 793 Pseudomonas SP 38 38 29 27 41 173 Total 197 203 141 192 233 966 South East Pseudomonas Aeruginosa 234 232 217 214 198 1,095 Pseudomonas SP 23 24 22 28 24 121 Total 257 256 239 242 222 1,216 South West Pseudomonas Aeruginosa 116 133 173 130 128 680 Pseudomonas SP 13 12 16 20 21 82 Total 129 145 189 150 149 762 Trent Pseudomonas Aeruginosa 90 119 164 137 202 712 Pseudomonas SP 25 30 24 22 38 139 Total 115 149 188 159 240 851 Wales Pseudomonas Aeruginosa 42 93 88 95 96 414 Pseudomonas SP 7 22 23 20 33 105 Total 49 115 111 115 129 519 West Midlands Pseudomonas Aeruginosa 105 108 161 175 167 716 Pseudomonas SP 17 31 50 95 62 255 Total 122 139 211 270 229 971 Grand total 1,343 1,530 1,652 1,724 1,806 8,055