§ Dr. MurrisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of the NHS hand hygiene trial launched in July 2003 was; and what the outcome was. [160605]
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§ Mr. HuttonThe National Patient Safety Agency launched a 'clean your hands' pilot campaign in July 2003. It aims to develop solutions to improve hand hygiene compliance by national health service staff, by testing ideas at six pilot sites. It is estimated that about £600,000 would be required to launch a campaign and supply a toolkit to every acute sector ward in the NHS, which works out at a cost of less than £2,000 per trust. The annual cost to the NHS of healthcare acquired infections has been estimated to be about £1 billion.
The evaluation report will be available in April 2004, but preliminary findings show that it achieved its objectives in raising staff and patient awareness of the importance of hand hygiene and increasing hand hygiene compliance.
In-patient waiting list in months Name of commissioners Total 0-2 3-5 6-8 9-11 12-14 15-17 18 plus 1996–97 South Lancashire HA 10,092 4,565 2,587 1,696 1,069 160 12 3 1997–98 South Lancashire HA 10,414 4,566 2,391 1,580 1,128 563 186 0 1998–99 South Lancashire HA 9,179 4,259 2,285 1,354 839 356 86 0 1999–2000 South Lancashire HA 8,604 4,251 2,042 1,260 715 270 66 0 2000–01 South Lancashire HA 8,283 4,401 1,979 1,041 559 208 95 0 2001–02 South Lancashire HA 8,047 4,317 1,997 1,090 544 99 0 0 2002–03 Chorley and South Ribble PCT 4,761 3,108 1,108 510 35 0 0 0 Source:
Department of Health QF01.
Out-patient waiting list in weeks Name 13–25 26 plus 1997–98 South Lancashire HA 2,200 629 1998–99 South Lancashire HA 2,790 1373 1999–2000 South Lancashire HA 2,135 507 2000–01 South Lancashire HA 1,823 374 2001–02 South Lancashire HA 1,676 1
Out-patient waiting list in weeks—Chorley and South Ribble PCT 2002–03 Number 13–17 363 17–21 108 21–26 0 26 plus 0 Source:
Department of Health QM08R.