Wipe out the superbugs, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley orders hospitals | Mail Online.
Hospitals are to be ordered to adopt a zero-tolerance approach to tackling superbugs in attempt to slash the thousands of unnecessary deaths caused by the infections. In his first speech as Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley yesterday said that all hospitals should move towards eradication of preventable deaths resulting from MRSA, C.diff and other superbugs. One possibility is that all patients could be routinely tested for MRSA when they arrive for treatment. Mr Lansley also confirmed plans to impose financial penalties on trusts that readmit patients sent home too soon.
