MRSA Action UK believes that for far too long our Government has failed to put forward a concerted action plan to control MRSA, Clostridium
difficile and other infections. The Scottish Parliament however have not taken a piecemeal approach and have sequestered the help of two leading independent experts in Patient Safety and Infection Control to come up with a 15 point plan of action to combat these infections in their hospitals. The action plan has been brought about following events in the Vale of Leven hospital in West Dunbartonshire where over 50 people were infected with C-diff and 18 lost their lives. It is refreshing to hear the Scottish Minister say