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Public Equipped To Fight Back Against Hospital Bugs As Ward Closure Numbers Soar, UK
A British company has launched an anti-infection kit specifically designed to protect hospital patients and visitors from MRSA, Norovirus, Swine-flu, E-Coli and other hospital-acquired infections. The PatientGuard kit includes the world"s first dry-on-contact spray suitable for use on hospital bed linen, curtains and other "near patient touch sites." The launch coincides with the release of new figures on ward closures due to Norovirus from the Health Protection Agency, which show a 23 per cent increase on the same period last year.
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RCN Responds To NHS Confederation Warning On The Downturn, UK

Commenting on the publication of the NHS Confederation report Dealing with the downturn: the greatest ever leadership challenge for the NHS, Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive & General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said: "This report paints a particularly bleak picture for the NHS over the next couple of years, which is deeply concerning. During a downturn, health can suffer and the NHS must be fit to deal with this. We are in total agreement with the NHS Confederation that cutting staffing levels and training would only exacerbate problems in an already stretched health service. "In times of financial difficulty, the need for stringent evaluation to ensure all spending offers genuine value for money, and that funding intended for patient care does not get siphoned off elsewhere, is even more important. "Our recent Freedom of Information request revealed that ÷£350 million pounds a year is spent on management consultants, of which over ÷£273 million was not related to direct patient care. This could account for more than 10% of the NHS savings expected by the Government. Every individual Trust needs to ask themselves if they need to take on a management consultant for certain tasks." Royal College of Nursing


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