FOI/25/414

Request

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information regarding Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) infections and other infectious diseases within your NHS Trust:

1. The total number of reported C. diff infections within your Trust for each of the past five calendar years (2020–2024)

Reporting Year - Number of trust attributable cases

2024-25  - 9

2023-24 - 14

2022-23 - 9

2021-22 - 0

2020-21 - 1

 

2. A breakdown of C. diff cases by hospital site (if applicable) for each of the past five years.

Non-applicable, reporting is from standalone rehabilitation units

3. The total number of extra bed days associated with C. diff infections in each of the past five years

Non-applicable, this data is not captured in CLCH

4. The total number of C. diff diagnostic tests (and cost per test) performed annually from 2020 to 2024

Non-applicable, CLCH uses acute trust laboratories and does not collect this data locally

5. The total number of negative C. diff test results recorded in each of the past five years

Non-applicable, CLCH does not collect this data

6. The estimated annual financial impact or cost to your Trust associated with C. diff infections, including treatment and extended hospital stays

Non-applicable, CLCH does not collect this data

7. The top five most commonly reported infectious diseases within your Trust for each year from 2020 to 2024

CLCH undertakes the national mandatory surveillance for reportable HCAI’s.  Under this scheme, cases of C. difficile, MRSA and MSSA bacteraemia and Gram negative bacteraemia (including Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp. and Pseudomonas Aeruginosa are reported to national data capture system and reviewed to identify learning.  The top reported infection between 2020 and 2024 was Clostridium difficile.  There were zero cases of other reportable infections.