Tories slammed for MRSA tactics

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In a letter to Mr Howard, the trust's chief executive John Rom said: "I am deeply shocked that the inaccuracies in your letter would reduce the confidence which the public have in this hospital. "In addition, your letter also asserts that these people contracted MRSA here. It is impossible to say where the cases we have recorded were contracted, whether that is here or elsewhere in the health and social care system." Past figures for MRSA had put NDHT in the top 12 worst hospitals in the country for infection rates. But hospital bosses say the figures are inaccurate as they include MRSA isolates found in patients and samples coming to the hospital from other hospitals and treatment units outside the trust's control. In addition, there have only been four recorded cases of MRSA in the last six months, none of which was acquired at NDDH. Mr Rom said: "The bald facts are that even on the basis of the official data, the rates being shown are now among the lowest in the country."