November 28, 2007—England’s Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, has announced detailed regional funding for deep cleaning and confirmed the date by which all NHS hospitals in England will have carried out a deep clean.
Deep cleaning is one element of a wider range of measures introduced by the government to tackle healthcare associated infections and ensure patient safety.
All ten regions have allocated dedicated funding to support the deep clean. Infection control is a complex problem that needs a range of solutions. There is no single remedy.
Alan Johnson said “Undertaking a deep clean is a key part of our strategy to improve cleanliness and ensure patients have confidence that their hospitals are safe. The Strategic Health Authorities have now allocated funding so that hospitals can get on with the Deep Clean programme this winter with the aim of completing all deep cleans by the end of March 2008. People want an NHS that is clean and safe, the deep clean programme will help to reassure patients and build public confidence in the NHS”
For more information, see the NHS Web site.
