Sepsis: Hospitals
(asked on 21st April 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in NHS hospitals have contracted sepsis in each of the last three years.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 28th April 2022
Data on the number of people in National Health Service hospitals who have contracted sepsis is not currently held centrally. Reliable estimates of incidence and prevalence of sepsis are not available due to an inconsistency in definitions used to describe sepsis and in coding practice between professionals and organisations. NHS England and NHS Improvement are working to achieve more consistent early identification and treatment of sepsis to improve survival rates and long term outcomes for patients.
Data on the number of people in National Health Service hospitals who have contracted sepsis is not currently held centrally. Reliable estimates of incidence and prevalence of sepsis are not available due to an inconsistency in definitions used to describe sepsis and in coding practice between professionals and organisations. NHS England and NHS Improvement are working to achieve more consistent early identification and treatment of sepsis to improve survival rates and long term outcomes for patients.