Seven foundation trusts have been required by regulator Monitor to explain how they plan to improve their infection control performance.
The regulator's report said that although overall MRSA rates continue to fall in the sector, 24 out of 83 trusts are in breach of their full-year MRSA target, with another 11 reporting that they are at risk of breaching the target.
For more information, download the report in the resources box, bottom right.
An NHS children’s mental health unit has been closed down by the Care Quality Commission after being rated “inadequate” earlier this week.
A new government review will aim to stop NHS catering staff feeling “boxed in” and help to “unclip [their] wings”, its chair has told HSJ .
A mental health hospital has been placed into special measures by the Care Quality Commission after inspectors found more than 500 instances of restraint and dozens of unexplained serious incidents.
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