[MD] Low Quality Health Care

[Platt Holden]

Hi All, 

Excerpt from "The Independent," highly regarded British newspaper:

Headline: Quarter of NHS trusts fail to hit hygiene targets

By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor
Published: 18 June 2007

One in four NHS trusts has failed to meet minimum hygiene standards and is 
putting patients at risk of superbugs such as MRSA and C. difficile.

The number of failing trusts is sharply up on a year ago, suggesting 
declining levels of cleanliness in the NHS. But the Healthcare Commission, 
the government's NHS inspectorate, which has published the figures in a 
report today, said the apparently worsening picture reflected greater 
openness on the part of trusts and not dirtier wards.

In April, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) reported that C. difficile, 
which causes a potentially lethal bowel infection, was still spreading 
through the NHS with cases up 8 per cent on the previous year to a record 
total of 55,681. It blamed inadequate infection control, poor cleanliness 
and misuse of antibiotics.

See full article at:

http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article2669890.ece

Hillary wants the same for the U.S. Thanks, but no thanks.

Regards,
Platt