Decrease in the superbug MRSA, has bought the appreciation for the government. Health Protection Agency (HPA) reported that superbug MRSA cases had halved between 2004 and 2008. HPA collects the reports of both MRSA and Clostridium difficile infections.

According to Gordon Brown, some of the imposed initiatives like deep-cleaning of wards, bare-below-the-elbows policy etc, had been controversial, but they have helped make the progress.

Quarterly report of HPA's on MRSA articulates 836 cases, between April and June 2008. There is 14% decrease in the previous three months and a drop of 36% from the same quarter last year. Government claims that, since 2004, MRSA infections have now dropped by 57%.

The Healthcare Commission, Anna Walker said, the figures depict big success, especially when infections, like this are not easy to control and they have had a real hold on hospitals. Although Peter Borriello, director of the agency's centre for infections, laid stress on to position of zero tolerance.

As per, Alan Johnson, health secretary, hand hygiene, high standards of cleanliness, bare below the elbows, deep clean of hospitals and screening patients for MRSA and use of antibiotics are required to be applicable. To combat the infections various hospitals are undergoing the research for the certain precautions.

Tory health spokesman, Andrew Lansley said, “They changed the publication date of MRSA statistics for political gain, so that they have only met their MRSA target, by moving the goalposts and that the best they could come up with to tackle this massive problem has been gimmicks like Gordon Brown's deep cleaning programme."

John Reid, Former Cabinet minister, sounded delighted, with the news about the decrease in the superbug MRSA count.