NHS hospitals will be denied a licence to treat patients if they fail to maintain standards of hygiene over the next eight months, under a new inspection regime disclosed yesterday to the Guardian. Barbara Young, the head of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), has set out ground rules for how the 172 NHS acute trusts must make improvements in tackling hospital superbugs
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NHS trusts face fines for poor hygiene - The Independent 12th August 2008
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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