§ Mr. LansleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many reports of MRSA there were in(a) England, (b) each region and (c) each strategic health authority in each of the last six years. [140859]
§ Miss Melanie Johnson[holding answer 3 December 2003]: The national mandatory surveillance system for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) blood stream infections (bacteraemias), started in April 2001 and the available data are shown in the tables.
Provisional data Strategic health authority 1Total MRSA 2Total MRSA North central London 359 376 North east London 238 246 North west London 362 387 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 192 225 Shropshire and Staffordshire 156 175 South east London 345 406 South west London 267 244 South west Peninsula 236 210 South Yorkshire 141 156 Surrey and Sussex 360 341 Thames Valley 221 243 Trent 340 305 West Yorkshire 360 357 1 April 2001 to March 2002
2 April 2002 to March 2003