As part of his campaign to combat the MRSA ""superbug"" local health campaigner Jeremy Hunt is calling for government measures to tackle the virus to be extended out of hospitals into community-based caring organisations. He wants more joined-up thinking to make sure the problem is not solved in hospitals only to re-emerge in patients being looked after in the community.After being contacted by local carers responding to his campaign, Jeremy has identified that:* Carers are not always informed by district nurses if one of their patients is MRSA positive and therefore do not take the special preventative measures required.* Hospitals are sometimes not informed about someone's MRSA status if they accept someone who has been looked after in the community.* Government targets on, for example, bottles of disinfectant gel on the end of every bed apply to hospitals but not to care in the community. Should not carers also be carrying bottles of disinfectant to wash their hands after seeing every patient?Jeremy will be taking the issue up with the heads of infection control at Frimley Park and Royal Surrey County Hospital, as well as with the local Primary Care Trust and Surrey County Council. Jeremy commented: ""If we are going to tackle MRSA, we need joined-up thinking throughout local health services. Carers need to know if their patients have MRSA so they can take the appropriate measures. They also need to be given the supplies to make sure they do not inadvertently spread the bug to other patients.""