04 June 2013

DAILY MAIL: DIRTY ICE

Ice in six out of ten restaurants has more bacteria than water from toilets

McDonald's, Burger King, KFC, Starbucks, Cafe Rouge and Nandos tested
Ice from branches had higher levels of bacteria in ice than toilet samples
Experts say it could be down to toilets cleaned more often than ice machines
Four samples contained enough microbes to be 'hygiene risk'

By Ben Ellery
PUBLISHED: 23:05 GMT, 1 June 2013 | UPDATED: 06:54 GMT, 3 June 2013

OW THEY COMPARED

NANDO'S More bacteria in ice than toilets. Tests on ice water at 22C: 2,100 organisms. Toilet water: 1,300 organisms.
BURGER KING More bacteria in ice than toilets. Ice bacteria at 37C: 260 organisms. Toilet water: Within drinking water regulations.
McDONALD'S More bacteria in ice than toilets. Ice bacteria at 22C: 1,400 organisms. Toilet water at 37C: 260 organisms.
KFC More bacteria in ice than toilets. Tests on ice water at 22C: 1,100 organisms. Toilet water: Less than 1.
CAFE ROUGE More bacteria in ice than toilets, but not above laboratory’s hygiene guidelines. Toilet water: Less than 1.
STARBUCKS More bacteria in ice than toilets but within laboratory hygiene guidelines.
PIZZA HUT Bacteria in ice at 22C: 430 organisms. Toilet water exceeded drinking water standards.
PIZZA EXPRESS Bacteria in ice insignificant. Toilet water: 3,200 organisms at 22C, highest in study.
GOURMET BURGER KITCHEN Bacteria in ice insignificant. Toilet water: Within bacteria count guidelines.
WAGAMAMA Ice bacteria at both temperatures less than 10 organisms. Toilet water at 37C: 160 organisms.
All per ML

DEBRETTS: Dr.Simon FRADD MBBS(Lond.) FRCS(Eng.) GP-UROLOGIST

Dr Simon Fradd

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Dr Simon Fradd's Biography

Forename(s): Simon Oakley
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: 20/4/1950

Foretitle(s): Dr
Surname: FRADD
Style: Dr Simon Fradd
Recreations: DIY, gardening, skiing, gliding

Dr Simon Fradd's Professional Career

Career: house surgn Westminster Med Sch 1977; SHO: in paediatrics Queen Mary's Roehampton 1978, in neonatology Whittington Hosp London 1979, in A/E then orthopaedics St George's Tooting 1980-81; registrar: in surgery Burton Gen Hosp Burton-on-Trent 1981-84, in urology Univ Hosp of Wales Cardiff 1984-85; GP trainee: Burton-on-Trent 1985-86, under Dr Saunders Nottingham 1986-87, Castle Donington Leics 1987; GP princ Saunders & Fradd Nottingham 1988-; chm: Hosp Doctors' Assoc 1979-82, Negotiators' Hosp Jr Staff Ctee 1986-87 (dep chm 1984-86), Jr Membs' Forum BMA 1990, Doctor Patient Partnership 1997-; dep chm Gen Practitioners Ctee of BMA 1997-; memb Med Practices Ctee 1989-93, Gen Med Servs Ctee negotiator 1993-; memb GMC 1989-; Freeman City of London 1976, Liveryman Worshipful Co of Needlemakers 1976, Liveryman Worshipful Soc of Apothecaries 1993; Hon FAMGP 1998, Hon MRCGP 2000, FRCS

Dr Simon Fradd's Publications

Books and Publications: Hospital Doctors' Association Guide to Your Rights (jtly, 1981), Making Sense of Partnerships (jtly, 1994), Nottingham Non-Fundholder Project, Members Reference Book RCGP (1995)

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DAILY MAIL : Dr SIMON FRADD MBBS(Lond.) FRCS (Eng.) millionaire GP-urologist

GP who laughed all the way to the bank: He's the millionaire doctors' leader who destroyed out-of-hours care - while securing a bumper pay deal for his colleagues. Ashamed? No. He thinks it's a 'bit of a laugh'

By Tom Rawstorne

Britain's out-of-hours health care is in crisis — and the Mail has launched a major investigative series to highlight the true, shocking scale of the problem. Yesterday, a consultant at a major A&E unit revealed the devastating knock-on effect it's having on emergency care. Today, we reveal the inside story of how GPs got a massive pay rise while opting out of caring for their patients round the clock...
With a bejewelled chain of office where his stethoscope once hung and an ermine robe to boot, Dr Simon Fradd has every reason to look as pleased as punch. This is the man who, in 2004, helped to negotiate arguably the most generous public sector pay deal in modern British history.
Representing GPs, he and his colleagues at the British Medical Association not only secured what turned out to be a 50 per cent pay rise for family doctors, thanks to new bonuses — but also managed to ditch their obligation to provide care in the evenings and at weekends.
For more than half a century that round-the-clock responsibility had been the bedrock of GPs' contract of care with patients.

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