MRSA very rare in UK hospitals?

Private hospitals throughout the UK have managed to control hospital-acquired infections much more efficiently than those in the NHS and many remain MRSA-free. But the threat posed by a stay in your local district general is nothing like as bad as the recent hype suggests. An otherwise healthy patient admitted for a planned operation in a decent NHS hospital would have to be on the ward for around 15 years to stand a more than evens chance of succumbing to MRSA. Still so scared?

via Is it time to ditch medical insurance? – Times Online.