Bharat Patel

Dr. Patel has advised many NHS Trusts on the management of healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial resistance. As consultant clinical adviser for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) he was co-organiser for prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections (PH36), producing quality improvement statements, which provide clear markers of excellence in infection prevention and control, and more recently a specialist committee member producing NICE quality standards [QS113] for HAIs.