Infection Control Training



The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published a leaflet designed to inform patients, carers and their families about the standards they should expect from the new regulation of NHS hospitals in England. 

The coalition’s recently unveiled Programme for Government and proposals for a new Health Bill promise significant change for the NHS. Patient power and clinical leadership will take centre stage, while politicians will take a back seat.

A devolution of power and responsibility within the NHS will see patients and doctors given more control in a clinically-led health service, the coalition Government has announced.

The new approach, outlined by Cameron and Clegg in their Programme for Government and expanded upon within the subsequent Queen’s Speech, aims to bring an end to the “bureaucracy, top-down control and centralisation” it claims has “diminished the NHS”.

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said the new NHS will be one in which patients enjoy a prominent voice. “Decisions must be taken with patients, closer to patients and with clinical leadership to the fore,” he said.

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New research reveals that many dentists are unprepared for registration with the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

With the government intent on retaining the requirements for registration by both NHS and private practices, the poll shows that – with only six months to go – 22% of those surveyed by admitted to being unprepared for registration.

A further 19% did not even know what CQC meant.

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Registered providers involved in supported housing or independent living schemes for service users with learning difficulties who were not required to register previously under the Care Standards Act 2000 should beware. They could be caught by the registration requirements of the new care standards regime if, as part of their service, they prompt and supervise clients in relation to personal care. If so, they will need to submit an application to register with the Care Quality Commission by 31 July.

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A HOSPITAL worker had to scrub a commode as part of a ‘traumatic’ inspection to prove NHS leaders were tackling superbugs.

Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the independent national watchdog, descended on four out of six community hospitals in Worcestershire as part of a series of surprise visits to check staff were keeping the wards, patients and equipment clean to protect against potentially deadly superbugs like MRSA and C.difficile.

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The worst hospitals for superbugs have been named and shamed in new league tables drawn up by the Government.

The figures reveal a wide variation in infection rates between some of the largest and most respected hospitals in England, with patients up to ten times more likely to contract Clos­tridium difficile (C. diff) in some units than in others.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust recorded the highest number of C. diff infections – 303 in 12 months. However, at a similar size hospital in London, the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foun­dation Trust, there were only 32 cases during the same period.
Leeds General Infirmary

Superbug shame: Leeds General Infirmary is part of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust which topped the MRSA league table

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Andrew Lansley said that all hospitals should move towards eradication of preventable deaths resulting from MRSA, C.diff and other superbugs

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.

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The owner of a Silloth care home has apologised to his elderly residents after inspectors said the care they were being given was not good enough.

Good Companions has been stripped of its three star ‘excellent’ rating and is now ranked ‘poor’ by the Care Quality Commission.

The social care watchdog has warned Mark Newby that failings in his services are putting the old folks’ health and safety at risk.

Cumbria County Council pays the fees for some of the elderly who live at the home.

A spokesman said the progress of an action plan to bring it back up to standard will be closely monitored.

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BLOOD-stained mattresses, dust and debris were among the hygiene lapses revealed in a spot check at East Surrey Hospital.

A shocking report by the inspection watchdog Care Quality Commission (CQC) slams hygiene failures at the hospital which is the acute facility serving East Grinstead and villages throughout the area.

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