Colin Ovington

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  www.nuh.nhs.uk/qmc/AboutQMC/TrustBoard.htm - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/9/2009    Last Visited: 1/9/2009  

  Colin Ovington Director of Nursing
  
  Has responsibility for the provision of nursing and midwifery leadership.

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  www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/25/2007    Last Visited: 10/25/2007  

  Colin Ovington has vowed to halt the spread of stomach bug Clostridium difficile and halve rates of hospital infection MRSA.The former nurse was appointed amid growing national concern that hospitals are failing to meet targets to reduce infection on their premises.Cases of C difficile are on the rise and, despite improvements in dealing with MRSA, 1,200 patients contracted it in the year to April.Ovington, the first "infection turnaround director", will monitor performance at every London trust and order managers of unhygienic hospitals to clean up their act.The move comes weeks after a report into the C difficile scandal at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, where 91 patients died from the bug because of dirty wards and poor care.Ovington, a former director of infection control and nursing at the former Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, said he would fight "passionately" to make sure fewer patients contract infections in hospital."If that means me going in and turning their commodes upside down to see how clean they are, or seeing how clean their wards are and asking what products they use, then I will," he said.He has already ordered trusts to examine the report into the failings at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and prove they are not making the same mistakes.
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  Colin Ovington has vowed to halt the spread of stomach bug Clostridium difficile and halve rates of hospital infection MRSA.The former nurse was appointed amid growing national concern that hospitals are failing to meet targets to reduce infection on their premises.Cases of C difficile are on the rise and, despite improvements in dealing with MRSA, 1,200 patients contracted it in the year to April.Ovington, the first "infection turnaround director", will monitor performance at every London trust and order managers of unhygienic hospitals to clean up their act.The move comes weeks after a report into the C difficile scandal at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, where 91 patients died from the bug because of dirty wards and poor care.Ovington, a former director of infection control and nursing at the former Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham, said he would fight "passionately" to make sure fewer patients contract infections in hospital."If that means me going in and turning their commodes upside down to see how clean they are, or seeing how clean their wards are and asking what products they use, then I will," he said.He has already ordered trusts to examine the report into the failings at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and prove they are not making the same mistakes.

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  www.bedfordhospital.nhs.uk/RunScript.asp?page=82&Articl - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/7/2009    Last Visited: 7/17/2009  

  Director of Nursing and Patient Services, Colin Ovington, said: "These are great results, although we will be striving to achieve an 'excellent' across all categories in next year's assessment.

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  www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/bed-news/Bedford-Hospital-norovi - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/1/2008    Last Visited: 12/4/2008  

  Colin Ovington, director of nursing and infection prevention and control, said: "Norovirus is very easily spread from person-to-person, and those with the infection can be symptom-free but still contagious.

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  www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/bed-news/Concerns-over-hospital3 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/26/2008    Last Visited: 12/4/2008  

  Colin Ovington, director of infection prevention and control, said Bedford Hospital is doing all it can to get things back on track.
  
  He said: "We are working extremely hard to reduce and prevent MRSA infections at Bedford Hospital.
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  Mr Ovington added: "We are absolutely committed to eliminating all avoidable infections at Bedford Hospital, making it as safe as possible for our patients."

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  Executive Directors - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/29/2009    Last Visited: 1/29/2009  

  Colin Ovington Nursing and Patient Services
  
  As director of nursing and patient involvement, Colin is responsible for professional leadership and development of nurses and midwives across the Trust. Colin provides up-line management for all risk management functions, including clinical governance, risk management, controls assurance and litigation. She is also responsible for all patient involvement functions, including Patient advice and Liaison Service (PALS), complaints, the patients panel, and liaison with the patients forum.

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  Freedom of Information - Nottingham University... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/27/2007    Last Visited: 12/27/2007  

  Mr. Colin Ovington
  
  Director of Human Resources (interim)

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  NHS London | Big improvement in fight against superbugs - [Cached Version]
  Last Visited: 2/17/2009  

  Colin Ovington, NHS London's Director for Infection Control, "The figures are the result of an enormous effort by everyone within the health service in London.

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  NHS London | London hospitals winning the war on... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/1/2008    Last Visited: 2/17/2009  

  Colin Ovington, Turnaround Director for Healthcare Associated Infection at NHS London, said "These are tremendous results which are testament to the hard work and dedication of staff across the NHS towards our zero tolerance to avoidable infection strategy.

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  News - [Cached Version]
  Last Visited: 2/9/2009  

  Director of Nursing and Patient Services, Colin Ovington, said: "We are very proud of producing fresh, high quality food for our patients, and we want them to get the maximum nutritional benefit from that food.

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