Two more hospitals have been named by health authorities amid a Government investigation into five deaths resulting from sandwiches.
Public Health England, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the NHS have today confirmed that the individuals that died from listeria were diagnosed and treated at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
It was earlier confirmed two of the patients afffected by the outbreak at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Authorities also named three more NHS Trusts where listeria cases linked to the sandwich outbreak were diagnosed, but no one died. They also listed the 43 NHS Trusts and one independent provider that had supplied affect sandwiches.
Authorities say the risk to the public remains low and people should only seek medical attention if they develop symptoms. You can find more information from the NHS on listeriosis here.
The following Trusts have diagnosed listeria cases linked to the sandwich outbreak,with no associated deaths:
- Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust had two cases
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
Public health authorities named 43 NHS trusts which supplied affected product lines from sandwich supplier Good Food Chain, which was supplied meat by a company linked to the listeria contamination:
- North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
- Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust
- Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Lewisham and Greenwich Hospital NHS Trust
- Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
- Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
- Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Leicester Partnership NHS Trust
- Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
- University Hospitals Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
- Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
- Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Aintree University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- East Cheshire NHS Trust
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust
- Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Weston Area Health NHS Trust
- Virgin (Farnham Hospital) - independent provider
The outbreak is still under investigation but has been linked so far to pre-packed sandwiches served at multiple hospitals around England.
Last week the total number of confirmed cases of listeriosis rose to nine.
According to health authorities, all affected sandwiches and salads were withdrawn from hospitals when the links to the listeria infections were identified, and NHS organisations were advised to halt serving Good Food Chain products to vulnerable patients.
Health officials found the potentially deadly bacteria at the North Country Cooked Meats HQ in 2009 and 2010.
The company, based in Salford, Greater Manchester, is believed to the source.
It supplied the Good Food Chain, the Staffordshire company that makes pre-packaged sandwiches, which has voluntarily ceased produuction while the investigation continues.
North Country Cook Meats has also stopped production.
The fallout after the deaths prompted Health Secretary Matt Hancock to order a review of hospital food.
