Question reference: S6W-07214
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 10 March 2022
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 March 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many deaths were attributed to hospital acquired infections in each year from 1999-2000 until the most recent year for which figures are available, broken down by NHS board.
Answer
Scottish Government does not centrally hold data for all hospital acquired infection deaths by Health Board, due to patient identifiable information.
2000 to 2020 data for registered deaths due to Clostridioides difficile infection and MRSA is available from National Records of Scotland (NRS) can be found here and here .
However, it should be noted that although publically available details also broken down by Health Board, the data does not make the distinction between hospital acquired or community acquired infection.