§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance is available to NHS trusts on communicating a diagnosis of MRSA to patients. [120077]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThere is no specific national guidance on how to inform patients of a methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection.
As patients with MRSA and other conditions may need supporting information, the Department has produced a generic toolkit for creating patient information locally. This is available at http://www.doh.gov.uk/nhsidentity/toolkit-patientinfo.pdf. Alternatively, trusts may prefer to use existing materials such as the Health Protection Agency's new leaflet "MRSA—Information for patients".