Hospital hits back over MRSA claim

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A WIRRAL hospital has hit back at suggestions by the Conservative Party that almost 150 people contracted MRSA in the NHS Trust. The statement issued by Wirral Hospital NHS Trust was put out to "correct inaccurate information included in election campaign material". According to a letter distributed by the local Tory party this week to households in the borough, "last year alone, 146 people contracted MRSA in your local NHS Trust." But, in a statement, Wirral Hospitals said: "The latest Department of Health MRSA surveillance data shows that, for the period referred to in the letter, the Trust saw a total of 40 patients with MRSA bloodstream infections. This equates to about one case for every 2,000 admissions."

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