§ Mr. GillTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of death arising from hospital infection were recorded in 1999; and what estimate he has made of the number of deaths amongst patients discharged from hospital caused by infection acquired whilst in hospital in the same period.[126188]
§ Mr. DenhamThere are no centrally held statistics on deaths caused by hospital acquired infections (HAIs). The role which any HAI might play in a patient's death is a matter for the clinical judgment of the doctor concerned.