Governing document MRSA ACTION UK
Governing document
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CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 30 OCTOBER 2005 AS AMENDED 24 JULY 2006
Charitable objects
THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY 1 THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND INFORMATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF MRSA AND OTHER HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS. II THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO SUFFERERS OF MRSA AND OTHER HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS, THEIR CARERS AND THOSE BEREAVED AS A RESULT OF CONTRACTING SUCH INFECTIONS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLAUSE 3 THE TERM 'HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS' MEANS 'ANY INFECTION TO WHICH AN INDIVIDUAL MAY BE EXPOSED OR MADE SUSCEPTIBLE (OR MORE SUSCEPTIBLE) IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE A HEALTH CARE IS BEING, OR HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THAT OR ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL AND B THE RISK OF EXPOSURE TO THE INFECTION OR OF SUSCEPTIBILITY (OR INCREASED SUSCEPTIBILITY) TO IT IS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE'. THIS DEFINITION IS TAKEN FROM PROPOSED LEGISLATION CONTAINED WITHIN THE HEALTH BILL (2006) WHICH IS CURRENTLY AWAITING ROYAL ASSENT.
Area of benefit
UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.
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