From among 167 NHS trusts, 42 of them have failed to provide proper hygiene to the patients. A neglectful attitude towards hospital’s hygiene has led to spreading infections which affect around 300,000 people per year.

Basildon University hospital was charged for blood-spattered walls and dirty equipments in some of the ambulances. While in the north-west, east of England and east Midlands, the ambulances were found in dire conditions which fetched them serious warnings for improvement.

It was exposed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) that a long list of trusts had failed to keep the clinical area clean, flush out unused water outlets and disinfect the used instruments. About five trusts were warned to quit operating.

Alder Hey, one of Europe’s largest children’s hospitals, Essex and Thurrock University hospitals were charged for not meeting the hygiene standards and risking a large number of patient’s lives.

"Most ambulance trusts had a significant number of actions to take to raise their performance to the level required. In three cases we took the decision to issue a warning, specifying exactly what was needed and by when", says Nigel Ellis, CQC Head of National Inspection.

The CQC is prepared to reveal tough rules which would help keep a check on whether the hospitals are ensuing with the regulators’ demands.