A HARROW hospital is hosting a national conference today on infection control.

Health professionals from across the country will be arriving at Northwick Park Hospital this morning for the conference on screening for MRSA.

Speakers include Liz Robb, director of infection prevention and control for North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Northwick Park, and Dr Gopal Rao, consultant microbiologist.

They will be joined at the podium by officials from the Department of Health, University Hospital Lewisham, NHS Harrow, and the Health Protection Agency, which has organised the conference.