NHS Fail To Meet Cleanliness Checks

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  Many English hospitals are failing to meet cleanliness standards, according to a shock report today. As many as two thirds of hospitals failed inspections by the the Healthcare Commission.

The findings are particularly damning as inspectors used unannounced spot checks to test claims that hospitals are getting cleaner. Official league tables are based on self-assessment.

Inspectors concluded that all but 33 hospitals had room for improvement. Some 100 hospitals were inspected.

Some of the worst offenders were psychiatric hospitals and private hospitals.

The investigation failed to find evidence that private contractors were to blame for poor cleanliness. Instead they pointed to overall working relationships, regardless of whether cleaners were employed in-house or not.