100 Day Challenge
In April 2005 we held the first ever Clean Hospital Summit to explore these very issues, with delegates and speakers from government, clinical staff, NHS providers and of course patients. Alongside the organised conference the summit also contained an exhibition of innovation and best practice to offer solutions. A great deal of knowledge and expertise was brought together to help healthcare facilities across the country improve safety of patients; through learning from each other, introducing new technology and good practice, the number of patients acquiring, and often dying, from an infection in hospital could be reduced.
The Summit marked the commitment of all the participants to work towards reducing infections acquired by patients in hospital and gave rise to the 100 Day Challenge. Together with mandatory reporting of some infections and published standards by statutory organisations, such as the Healthcare Commission, this Report aimed to ensure that patients and patient organisations were informed of the measures that are taken by hospitals to protect patients from infections and information is made available to them.
The Patients Association did not shirk from its responsibilities to make this information public. In previous surveys senior clinical staff had warned us that patients should not be informed of the dangers they are exposed to from infections and much information is still kept hidden from public scrutiny. The 100 Day Challenge was one small step towards greater openness and accountability of health services.
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