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<p>NHS England requires English hospital providers through the National Health Service
Standard Contract to submit data detailing hospital activity relating to NHS-provided
or NHS funded care. This data is collated and published by NHS Digital. It includes
hospital admissions where the patient was diagnosed with urinary tract infection.
This can be found in the annual Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) Admitted Patient
Care (APC) dataset at the following link: <a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity"
target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/hospital-admitted-patient-care-activity</a></p><p>Separately,
the United Kingdom Health Security Agency undertakes surveillance of bloodstream infections
in hospital and community settings, including information on the infection source
through NHS acute trusts reporting infection cases.</p><p>NHS safety thermometer data
collection was stopped in March 2020 due to emerging evidence that the data collected
was incomplete and not being used as intended to support safety improvement and in
part to support the COVID-19 response by freeing up nursing time.</p>
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