Jan. 17 2024
Source Page: Freedom of Information responses from the MHRA - week commencing 28 November 2022Found: Bacterial infections NEC Arthritis bacterial 4 0 Bacterial infection 1 0 Bacterial sepsis
Mar. 14 2024
Source Page: Freedom of Information responses from the MHRA - week commencing 19 June 2023Found: Bacterial infections NEC Arthritis bacterial 2 0 Bacterial infection 1 0 Bacterial sepsis
Written Evidence Feb. 07 2024
Inquiry: The Coroner Service: follow-upFound: thematic analysis of coroners’ concerns in self- inflected deaths/suicides (5), medicines (6), falls (7), sepsis
Jan. 17 2024
Source Page: Freedom of Information responses from the MHRA - week commencing 28 November 2022Found: Bacterial infections NEC Arthritis bacterial 2 0 Bacterial infection 1 0 Bacterial sepsis
Asked by: Tulip Siddiq (Labour - Hampstead and Kilburn)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that healthcare professionals receive training on recognising sepsis in children.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
The Government recognises the importance of training healthcare professionals to recognise sepsis in children. In May 2018, Health Education England launched ‘Think Sepsis’ a learning package designed to help clinicians spot the early sign of sepsis in children and infants. This is important as 70% of sepsis cases develop within primary care.
The National Health Service is working with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the Royal College of Nursing to develop a single England-wide paediatrics early-warning system for children which will help NHS staff to rapidly identify acutely unwell children and respond appropriately. The aim is to develop a consistent approach and common language to promptly recognise and respond to signs of acute illness which may include sepsis.
Jan. 17 2024
Source Page: Freedom of Information responses from the MHRA - week commencing 17 October 2022Found: Bacterial infections NEC Arthritis bacterial 2 0 Bacterial infection 2 0 Bacterial sepsis
Asked by: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement the recommendations contained in the Infection Management Coalition White Paper, published in February 2022, which recommends action to (1) address infection prevention, (2) provide rapid treatment of sepsis, (3) address antimicrobial stewardship, and (4) pandemic preparedness, with a single-policy approach.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Several of the recommendations in the Infection Management Coalition’s White Paper are being addressed under the Government’s ‘UK 5-year action plan for antimicrobial resistance 2019 to 2024’, including infection prevention, improving antimicrobial stewardship, and treatment of infections, including sepsis. This wide-ranging programme of work covers activity relating to tackling antimicrobial resistance and addressing infections generally, including sepsis. A copy of the action plan is attached.
The Department continually assesses preparedness plans for infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics to ensure that they remain as robust as possible. This assessment includes, as appropriate, incorporating lessons learnt from exercises that test the readiness of our plans, and from our experience in responding to pandemics, disease outbreaks, and other types of incidents in the United Kingdom.
Written Evidence Apr. 30 2024
Inquiry: Preterm BirthFound: induction and assisted delivery (forceps) at term but required treatment for a haemorrhage and likely sepsis
Jan. 17 2024
Source Page: Freedom of Information responses from the MHRA - week commencing 28 November 2022Found: infections Meningitis meningococcal 1 0 Meningococcal infection 7 0 Meningococcal sepsis
Asked by: Tulip Siddiq (Labour - Hampstead and Kilburn)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of early diagnosis of sepsis in children on patient outcomes.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Government remains committed to improving the prevention, diagnosis, and management of sepsis, including in children. It is recognised that early diagnosis improves outcomes for patients with suspected sepsis.
The NHSE Paediatrics Early Warning System (PEWS) programme board was established to address difficulties with standardised early warning systems in children. It brings together a wide-ranging group of child health experts to look at how the system identifies and responds to deteriorating children in all settings and presentations.
The system to detect early deterioration in children in the in-patient setting is being implemented in 2023/24 across the country. It is named the System-wide Paediatric Observations Tracking (SPOT) as work is also underway to develop the recognition and response to deterioration across all settings, recognising that deterioration may occur in primary and community care, ambulance services, emergency departments and in hospitals.