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<p>The NHS Standard Contract is a key enabler for commissioners to secure improvements
in the quality of services for patients and to hold providers of National Health Service
funded care to account.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Each provider is required to
have a healthcare associated infections reduction plan for each contract year (and
to comply with its obligations under that plan) that must reflect local and national
priorities relating to healthcare associated infections, including antimicrobial resistance.
Under the NHS Standard Contract, commissioners may impose financial sanctions where
providers fail to achieve healthcare associated infections reduction targets. These
are set out at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/nhs-standard-contract/"
target="_blank">http://www.england.nhs.uk/nhs-standard-contract/</a></p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>These robust measures have played their part in reducing annual Meticillin-resistant
staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections by 59% and Clostridium difficile infections
by 45% since May 2010.<strong> </strong></p>
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