C difficile rates plummeted 38 per cent among over-65s during April-June 2008 compared with the same quarter last year.
Health Protection Agency figures show that the number of cases in April-June 2008 was 8,683, also representing a drop of 18 per cent on the previous quarter.
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A private hospital group has been fined £300,000 after a 14-year-old NHS-funded patient died in its care.
Publication of nurse staffing levels at each hospital in England – introduced after the Francis Inquiry to boost safety – has been quietly dropped, HSJ can reveal.
A major London teaching trust has accelerated a trust-wide training programme after reporting seven never events in its financial year to date, including two in one month.
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