§ Mr. Ben ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on progress in combating health care-related infection in England. [183039]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonInfection control within the national health service is improving and there are some excellent examples of good practice in our hospitals. We are determined to bring everywhere up to the standards of the best and the wide range of work under way is set out in "Towards cleaner hospitals and lower rates of infection".