Liberal Democrats launch charter for cleaner hospitals
Almost half of NHS Trusts have dangerously high occupancy rates that put patients at risk of contracting superbugs, according to analysis by the Liberal Democrats. The party has highlighted the figures alongside the launch of the Florence Nightingale Charter for cleaner hospitals. High bed occupancy rates are known to be a significant contributor to the spread of superbugs in hospitals and were mentioned in the report into the outbreak of clostridium difficile at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.
22 Oct 2007
