Mandatory reporting of MRSA and Clostridium difficile - Weekly Statistics

The Health Protection Agency is now publishing information on MRSA bloodstream infections and cases of Clostridium difficile by hospital trust and primary care organisation each month.  The information will be published here and updated regularly.


From June 2010 weekly figures on MRSA bacteraemia and Clostridium difficile will also be published by the Health Protection Agency broken down by hospital.  The data will be sorted and will appear here showing the hospitals that have the highest numbers of infections first as there are significantly more hospitals that now have fewer infections: 

Weekly MRSA bacteraemia
Weekly Clostridium difficile figures

Source: http://data.gov.uk/dataset/nhs-meticillin-resistant-staphylococcus-aureus-bacteraemia-dataset-weekly
             http://data.gov.uk/dataset/nhs-clostridium-difficile-dataset-weekly

If you are looking at these statistics as a gauge for choosing a hospital it should be noted that these figures may only be used as one of the markers for hospitals' infection prevention and control procedures.  It should also be noted that the MRSA figures exclude many infections caused by this organism and accounts for only 6-7% of all infections, surgical site, urinary, and catheter infections are not included in the figures.  The Clostridium difficile figures given for Acute and Primary Care Trusts indicate that on average, of the 41,810 reported cases, 66% were recorded outside of hospital in the last 13 months.  Of the 3,131 MRSA bloodstream bacteraemias, 66% were also attributed as being contracted outside of hospital in this period.  Visit our Going into Hospital pages for more information on choosing a hospital.


  • Reported cases of MRSA bacteraemia (bloodstream infection) by region April 2009 to April 2010
  • Reported cases of MRSA bacteraemia (bloodstream infection) by NHS Hospital Trust April 2009 to April 2010
  • Reported cases of MRSA bacteraemia (bloodstream infection) by Primary Care Organisation April 2009 to April 2010
  • Reported cases of people with Clostridium difficile by region April 2009 to April 2010
  • Reported cases of people with Clostridium difficile by NHS Hospital Trust April 2009 to April 2010 
  • Reported cases of people with Clostridium difficile by Primary Care Organisation April 2009 to April 2010




  • Reported cases of MRSA bacteraemia (bloodstream infection) by region April 2009 to April 2010 





    Reported cases of people with Clostridium difficile by region April 2009 to April 2010