The numbers of deaths from the superbugs MRSA and Clostridium difficile at individual hospitals were yesterday published for the first time by the Office for National Statistics. While the ONS warned that the figures have to be treated with caution for a range of reasons, they show that 217 hospitals and one hospice account for more than 80% of the total number of deaths from MRSA and C difficile in England and Wales.
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