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.
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The chief executive of Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust has written to staff to say its chief information and digital officer has left the trust.
A maternity department facing investigation into more than 100 alleged cases of poor care has been found by the CQC to be repeating mistakes which led to avoidable deaths almost 10 years ago, HSJ can reveal today.
The leader of the Mid Staffordshire public inquiry has been appointed chair of Healthwatch England.
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