HL Deb 24 April 2001 vol 625 cc31-2WA
Lord Marlesford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many of the 400 hospitals which were visited by the Patient Environment Action Teams in the autumn of last year to assess the quality of patient environment were categorised as excellent, acceptable or poor respectively; and whether they will publish in the Official Report the names of those hospitals categorised as excellent and those which were categorised as poor. [HL1768]

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

The reportThe NHS Plan—Clean Hospitals has now been published and copies have been placed in the Library. Over 700 hospital sites are included.

The results of these visits are shown in the following table.

Red (poor) Yellow (acceptable) Green(excellent)
Autumn 253 297 163
Now 42 368 279

These findings demonstrate a marked improvement in cleaning standards. The percentage of hospitals now showing an acceptable or good standard of cleanliness is 94 per cent. We will continue to support trusts in raising standards further.