Accredited official statistics: Gram-negative, MRSA and MSSA bacteraemia and C. difficile infections: monthly data, 2025 to 2026

For data before January 2025 to 2026, see our previous reports.

These official statistics were independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation in May 2022. They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics and should be labelled ‘accredited official statistics’. Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007. Further explanation of accredited official statistics can be found on the Office for Statistics Regulation website.

We would like feedback on our proposal to stop publishing the commentary that accompanies the monthly tables. The tables would be unchanged. Please use the feedback button to give feedback on this proposal and to share your thoughts on MRSA, MSSA and Gram-negative bacteraemia and CDI (HCAI) monthly official statistics published by UKHSA.

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In response to user feedback, we are testing alternative ways of presenting the monthly data sets as visualisations on the UKHSA data dashboard. The current data sets will continue to be published as normal and users will be consulted prior to any significant changes. We encourage users to review and provide feedback on the new dashboard content.

These spreadsheets contain the following statistics for patients aged 2 years and over: monthly counts of total reported, hospital-onset, hospital-onset healthcare associated (HOHA), community-onset healthcare associated (COHA), community-onset intermediate (COIA) associated and community-onset community associated (COCA) C. difficile infections by NHS organisations.

The UK Government Web Archive contains C. difficile infection data from previous financial years, including: