The focus on MRSA infections in hospital is misguided, an expert from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has said.
Professor Sally Bloomfield has said that attention should also be paid to better hygiene standards in people's homes, to reduce the risk of people taking infections into hospitals when they are admitted or visiting patients.
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Lack of skilled staff is already impacting access and quality of care, and without a shift in workforce policy the situation will worsen over the next decade, warn Anita Charlesworth, Candace Imison and Richard Murray
Chief executive of the Care Quality Commission Ian Trenholm explains the work the regulator is doing to explore potential prosecutions against NHS trusts and how the regulator is seeking to ensure lessons can be learned to drive systemic change.
A mental health trust will not face charges of corporate manslaughter, the police have said following a probe into the deaths of 25 patients.
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