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Hospital superbugs have prospered because the NHS took its eye off the ball, according to the chief nursing officer, Chris Beasley.
Ms Beasley attributed the scale of hospital-acquired infections to a previous complacency on infection control by clinicians and the public alike.
The antibiotic-resistant MRSA is the most prevalent type of hospital-acquired infection in England, affecting around 100,000 people each year. Around 5,000 people die each year as a result.
