Lab Rat or Button Monkey? » vermin http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk Under the white coat Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:16:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Hospitals ‘infested with vermin’ http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/2008/08/06/hospitals-infested-with-vermin/ http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/2008/08/06/hospitals-infested-with-vermin/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:43:41 +0000 dapo http://blog.biomedicalscience.org.uk/?p=68 I am surprised by this report.  I don’t know whether the figures are a ‘real’ disaster or part of political fighting, as the report is by the Conservative Party.  I don’t know wether the figures are part of a trend or not.  The figures may actually be lower than five or ten years ago, its the size the of the NHS that could make the figures look bad.

I do find it worrying about that one trust has had 1000 + incidents in two years, which is getting close to two a day.

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