Gordon Brown's pledge to have every patient screened for MRSA on admission to hospital has been postponed by nearly a year. Health officials fear some hospitals will be unable to tackle superbugs properly without substantial increases in staff and budgets. The nationwide screening of more than 12 million patients a year who are admitted for surgery was due to begin in January 2009, but officials have now pushed back its launch until the end of next year, and may delay it even further if hospitals cannot find the cash to buy the tests.
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Patients still at risk from MRSA despite £57m 'deep clean' - The Independent on Sunday 30th March 2008
Public says hospital managers are to blame for spread of superbugs - The Times 31st March 2008
MRSA screening delay 'will cost lives' - The Telegraph 31st March 2008
MRSA screening delay 'will cost lives' - The Telegraph 31st March 2008
Giving hospitals three more months to tackle MRSA is 'admission of failure' - Daily Mail 30th March 2008
Hospital deep clean target missed - BBC Health News 29th March 2008
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