Katie, hospitals ARE allowed to discharge patients with MRSA / C.Diff. As a Doctor I know this to be the case; there are not the beds to make sure everyone is clear.
Admission screening is also done as most also come into hospital with MRSA.
Is it the cause of death, or merely mentioned in part 2?

Richard, London, England

Having just sprung my 94 year old grandfather out of the RUH, I'm not at all surprised. The ward smelled appalling, the heat was intolerable, and they placed a disposal urinal on the table where they put his food! Personal care for patientsis non-existent. He's doing fine now with TLC at home.

Eve, Frome,

Let us bear in mind that the majority of MRSA infections are community acquired - what we really should be doing is enforcing infection control on visitors and increasing the number of isolation rooms... no wait, that would be sensible.

Matthew, London,

Kate (Medical Student) will probably learn the hard way, that hospitals will do all kinds of things that they 'aren't allowed' to do.

Janet, Bath, UK

A new product Silver Dihydrogen Citrate (SDC) kills all superbugs, has residual kill of 24 hours and has no toxicity. FDA approved in the US and now available in Europe as well SDC is the first new antimicrobal to be patented in 30 years. It is available to kill superbugs.

Rick , Atlanta, USA

Interesting the fact that there is no attempt to verify how many of the nurses, cleaners, etc.. are recent immigrants from countries where MRSA and this other superbug C diff tend to be commonplace. I believe if those statistics are examined you will find a big explanation for the widespread problem

Marie, Boston, MA, US

The RUH is my local hospital and is frankly a scandal. Complacent consultants who believe that their patients are unworthy of them. It is frankly the embarressment of the West Country and should be shut down as they lack the will to improve or to acknowledge they could do better.

angus, bath,

Katie - governments are not allowed to enforce regime change. Unless our own, of course.

Richard, Holt, UK

Katie,hospitals do discharge people with c.diff.My friends mother was discharged but not informed she had c.diff and subsequently re admitted and died eight weeks later.The hospital were aware of the c.diff but blamed it on the fact that she was discharged on a weekend,communication breakdown.

Mike, Peterborough, Cambs.

This report is totally misleading and inaccurate. There is no obligation on doctors to put the causative organism on the death certificate. Practice will vary from hospital to hospital; perversly hospitals with good procedures and identification rates will come out worst according to this report.

Dr J Ward, Burntwood, Staffs

There are vaccines on the way for both C Diff and MRSA, but in the meantime it would help if nurses washed their hands more often.

Frank Upton, Solihull,

A conspiracy theorist may conclude that the government have introduced the super bugs to relieve the pension burden .
I couldn't possibly comment.

Nick Dixon, Sutton Coldfield, England

Brian, hospitals aren't allowed to discharge people with c.diff/MRSA

Katie
(Medical Student)

KR, Liverpool,

Don't forget the huge numbers of elderly who are discharged into Nursing Homes as the inevitable approaches, so that the death is not in hospital.

Brian, Hudds, UK

Well they've got to get the waiting lists down somehow haven't they?

It's worse than 1930s Germany and getting rid of 'undesirables'.

Bry Barnes, Somerset, Uk