§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the extra bed days caused by extended stays in UK hospitals due to hospital acquired infections in each of the last six years, broken down by hospital trust. [144147]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonThese data are not available, but a 1994–95 study1 suggested that patients who acquire an infection in hospital remain in hospital on average an extra 11 days.
1 The Socio-economic Burden of Hospital Acquired Infection—Public Health Laboratory Service, 1999, also available at: www.doh.gov.uk/haicosts.htm