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Hospital reassures patients over vermin
SALISBURY NHS Foundation Trust has been named as having had problems with vermin or pests over the past two years.
Figures obtained by the Conservative party under the Freedom of Information Act this week show that over 70 per cent of NHS trusts nationally brought in pest control officers at least 50 times between January 2006 and March 2008.
But Salisbury District Hospital spokesman Patrick Butler said patients have nothing to worry about as the hospital has a pro-active approach and calls out external services as early as possible to ensure potential issues are dealt with as soon as possible.
"The Trust takes cleanliness seriously, whether this relates to internal or external areas of the hospital," he said.
"It has stringent reporting arrangements for staff and encourages the reporting of any potential cleanliness or infection control issues so that they can be dealt with promptly.
"It is important to point out that SalisburyDistrict Hospital is a rural site, surrounded by farmland.
"During the course of the year, the Trust had to deal with issues on its site, however the vast majority of these call outs relate to the external environment.
"It is also important to point out that very few potential instances relate to clinical areas."
11:41am Wednesday 6th August 2008
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CommentPosted by: Michael29cd, salisbury on 1:10pm Wed 6 Aug 08
[bold]i have been to this hospital many times and to be honest its the best hospital i have ever been too its clean and tidy all time even when i was there at 3am lol i think when they release this figures they should name the worst hospitals and name the good....and too call pest control 50 times that ain't actually that bad for 2 years....so to any staff if they read this article thank you very much for providing Salisbury with such great service[/bold]
i have been to this hospital many times and to be honest its the best hospital i have ever been too its clean and tidy all time even when i was there at 3am lol i think when they release this figures they should name the worst hospitals and name the good....and too call pest control 50 times that ain't actually that bad for 2 years....so to any staff if they read this article thank you very much for providing Salisbury with such great service Posted by: MsLight, UK on 1:44pm Wed 6 Aug 08
I used to work at Salisbury NHS Trust years ago, and once there was a mouse, which I dispatched amongst the shrieks of women. There was a bit of a pong. Of course there is going to be wildlife in the hospital grounds etc., it was in the middle of the countryside. Of course these wild animals are going to be attracted to the hospital around the areas where there is food etc., anyone would think that these "vermin" are scurrying around operating theatres! I regularly have mice in my house, my cats bring them in, and if I can, I rescue them and return them to the wild. I have also had frogs and birds.They aren't vermin they are creatures of the Earth, whose habitat has been taken away from them.
I used to work at Salisbury NHS Trust years ago, and once there was a mouse, which I dispatched amongst the shrieks of women. There was a bit of a pong. Of course there is going to be wildlife in the hospital grounds etc., it was in the middle of the countryside. Of course these wild animals are going to be attracted to the hospital around the areas where there is food etc., anyone would think that these "vermin" are scurrying around operating theatres! I regularly have mice in my house, my cats bring them in, and if I can, I rescue them and return them to the wild. I have also had frogs and birds.They aren't vermin they are creatures of the Earth, whose habitat has been taken away from them.
Posted by: Michael29cd, salisbury on 10:16pm Wed 6 Aug 08
[bold]very good point MsLight[/bold]
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