Random checks for dirty hospital wards

[Jason]

The Government is to send independent investigators into hospitals in the latest move to combat deadly superbug infections.Unannounced, random spot-checks will be done at 100 acute, community and mental health hospitals in the NHS and independent sectors.
The announcement comes just days before the Government is due to publish latest figures on the MRSA superbug.

Commission inspectors will mostly target trusts previously identified as performing badly on cleanliness but they will also visit less dirty hospitals.Wards, outpatient areas and accident and emergency departments will face inspection.

The commission has sweeping powers to gain access to buildings and hospital chief executives were notified on Friday that they may be subject to the random checks.

Healthcare Commission chief executive Anna Walker said: "Patients and the public tell us they are concerned about cleanliness. There is a real danger that this issue could damage confidence in healthcare."

I HAVEN'T FOUND BURNLEY GENERAL TO BE DIRTY..............HAVE ANY OF YOU?

[jaseyboy]

nor hav i

[Mattylad]

Kim & Aggy to the rescue....

I can't say I have been in them enough to say so, however it's what you cannot see thats a problem, not what you & I can see.

I actually found it to be quite disgsuting when I was there after having my children. The showers were filthy there was blood underneath ledges where they'd not been cleaned properly. The room the transferred me to after someone had moved out was a disgrace. I found blood all over the toilet seat and there was a plain yoghurt pot half full inside a drawer. I went round everywhere with anti bacterial wipes. My new born babies were sleeping in cots in that room!

[Mattylad]

ewwwww!

Now that needs to be stopped.

You have to wonder too if the newborn baby cots get cleaned properly after use...
A little bacteria & germs do more good than harm, in building up our defences & helping our immune system improve. Wrapping ourselves up in sterile cotton wool can help us to catch loads of bugs & not be able to fight them off when older, however what you described is awful :D

[Jason]

That is bad Flower............i would of complained straight away!!

[janet]

Anything that makes hospitals pull up there socks is a great idea, hope it is done in all hospitals.

Originally Posted by JASON

That is bad Flower............i would of complained straight away!!

I couldn't have faulted anything else and am very grateful to the NHS on the whole, as without them I wouldn't have had my daughters.

[Mattylad]

Oh I don't know, I think that you & your fella might have had something to do with it somewhere :D

[Jeff Fetarsy]

From what i have seen of hospital cleaners they seem to spend a lot of time polishing the floors in public areas, rather than cleaning the nook and crannies in the wards.

Originally Posted by Mattylad

Oh I don't know, I think that you & your fella might have had something to do with it somewhere :D

Not as much as you might think. They were IVF conceived.;)