Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to encourage research into the (a) diagnosis and (b) management of sepsis.

The Department commissions research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). Since 2017 the NIHR has funded 14 research projects on sepsis diagnosis with a combined total funding value of over £14.3 million and nine research projects on sepsis management with a combined total funding value of over £12.7 million. The NIHR Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre, which helps patients, the public and health and care organisations to participate in high quality research, has also supported 28 studies on sepsis diagnosis and 36 studies on sepsis management since 2017.

The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health, including the diagnosis and management of sepsis.