Data in full: government publishes NHS MRSA and C.Diff infection rates

The Conservatives' information revolution rolled into hospital wards with Andrew Lansley, the new secretary of state for health. Lansley today made good on his promise to publish rates of hospital-acquired infections such as MRSA on a weekly basis. Previously the infection rate for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile (C.Diff) at NHS hospitals were released on a yearly basis and as an average for each NHS trust (which may comprise several hospitals). Under the Lib-Cons, however, there will be a series of weekly reports on MRSA and CDI infections by the Health Protection Agency (HPA). Lansley's keen to get the data out, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annually. The question is now will private hospitals follow suit? Download the data • DATA: download the full MRSA datasheet • DATA: download the full C.Diff datasheet World government data • Search the world's government data with our gateway Can you do something with this data? Flickr Please post your visualisations and mash-ups on our Flickr group or mail us at [email protected] • Get the A-Z of data • More at the Datastore directory • Follow us on Twitter