§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 12 March 2004,Official Report, columns 1822–23W, on MRSA, what the assurance scores on infection control are for NHS trusts in England. [167533]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThe infection control self-assessment scores are collected annually and will not be available until June 2004. National average scores for the past three years for national health service trusts and primary care trusts are shown in the table.
Score (percentage) 2001 63.2 2002 63.6 2003 64.3