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Hospital misses MRSA target
One of East Anglia's busiest hospitals has been criticised for having twice as many outbreaks of MRSA last month than its intended target. |
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Hospital development plans scrapped
An ambitious long-running project to transform a major hospital and modernise healthcare provision in North Essex has been scrapped, a health trust admitted yesterday. |
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Sheffield prepares for highways maintenance PFI
Sheffield City Council (SCC) is pulling together a business case for a £300m highways and street maintenance PFI to be put to the Department for Transport (DfT) for credit approval. |
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Cleanliness put to the test at hospital
Visitors to George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton put their clean hands to the test as part of a drive to cut cases of hospital bugs. |
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Hospital Initiative
A national initiative which aims to save lives through reducing hospital acquired infections has been adopted by a hospital Trust. |
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Government makes MRSA pledge
The Government is to produce a code of practice in a bid to stamp out hospital-acquired infections in the wake of baby Luke Day's death, it has emerged. |
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PFI schools contract awarded in Oldham
Kier Group, in partnership with Dexia Public Finance Bank, has now reached financial close on its PFI bid to provide two new schools for Oldham Borough Council, with a net present value of £97m. |
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Rigid PFI contracts hamper consultation with tenants
Conflicting advice from Whitehall on how to run housing private finance initiatives is causing delays and risks ramping up costs, project specialists have warned. |
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Deaths from 'dirty hospital bug' double in five years
The hospital bug Clostridium difficile is causing more than twice as many deaths as it did five years ago, the first official figures show. |
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New plea to minister over islands’ MRSA superbug fears
Island councillors have appealed to the health minister to intervene in the running of their local health board following new concerns about the care of patients. |
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