§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2004,Official Report, column 427W, on MRSA, whether the Commission for Social Care Inspection will collect and publish information on MRSA infections in care homes. [169719]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonI understand from the Chairman of the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) that the Commission does not collect information specifically about methicillin resistantStaphylococcus aureus (MRSA), although regulated service providers must notify CSCI of death, illness and other events.
Hospital, Public Health Medicine and Community Health Services (HCHS) Doctors1, General Medical Practitioners (excluding retainers)2 Qualified Nursing, Midwifery and health visiting staff and Practice Nurses employed by Unrestricted Principals and Equivalents (UPEs)3 for Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority and specified organisations Number (headcount) 1997 19984 19994 2000 2001 2002 2003 Greater Manchester Doctors1 5,322 5,441 5,634 5,834 5,951 5,965 of which: HCTS Doctors1 3,837 3,957 4,124 4,172 4,315 4,440 4,384 General Medical Practitioners (excluding retainers)2 1,485 1,484 1,510 1,523 1,519 1,511 1,581 Nurses 19,551 19,834 19,818 20,087 20,213 20,982 21,609 of which: Qualified Nursing, Midwifery and health visiting staff 18,678 18,907 18,767 19,163 19,258 20,053 20,674 Practice Nurses 873 927 1,051 924 955 929 935 Heywood and Middleton PCT Doctors1 5— 5— 44 45 5— 5— 5— Nurses 5— 5— 21 21 5— 5— 5—