Review identification and diagnosis of sepsis by the NHS
- 46 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 66 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the Government to review how sepsis is identified and diagnosed by the NHS. This should look at what action can be taken to prevent cases where sepsis goes undiagnosed..
Found: Review identification and diagnosis of sepsis by the NHS
Correspondence Mar. 06 2024
Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)Found: 13 -year-old Martha Mills, who, after being admitted to hospital following an accident, contracted sepsis
Fund Amicapsil on the NHS for people with pressure sores/ulcers
- 22 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 76 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the Government to provide funding to make Amicapsil available to suffers of pressure sores and ulcers.
Found: better and quicker towards healing and closure of open wounds, and so reduce the risk of infections and Sepsis
Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) , described a dreadful, pointless 60-mile round trip home and back to hospital before Wendy died of sepsis - Speech Link
Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of trends in the number of incidences of sepsis in the last five years.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Department and NHS England do not hold information centrally on the incidences of sepsis, and have made no assessment of the trends. There is a lack of reliable estimates of the incidence and prevalence of sepsis due to a lack of consistency in the definitions used to describe sepsis, and differences in coding between professionals and organisations. Despite this, the focus on sepsis in recent years means there is now much better awareness and improved clinical recognition of sepsis symptoms.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) does publish data on the number of death registrations where sepsis is mentioned anywhere on the death certificate in England and Wales between 2001 and 2022, as the data for 2023 has yet to be published. The following table shows the number of deaths registered where sepsis was mentioned anywhere on the death certificate in England and Wales in each of the last five years:
Year | Number of Deaths |
2018 | 23,185 |
2019 | 21,458 |
2020 | 19,324 |
2021 | 21,947 |
2022 | 25,542 |
The Department works with NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency to monitor sepsis death data. It is difficult to attribute the increase in the number of deaths registered where sepsis was mentioned anywhere on the death certificate from 2020 to 2022 to a single cause, as the incidences of infection and reasons for acute deterioration are complex and multifactorial. It is also possible that the increase reflects a greater awareness of sepsis and improved coding and recording of deaths due to sepsis.
Oral Evidence Feb. 28 2024
Inquiry: Emerging diseases and learnings from covid-19Found: In some cases, we have seen fungal sepsis, if you like, fairly uncontrolled.
Mentions:
1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) That includes fatalities, missed diagnoses resulting in terminal diseases, missed DVTs, sepsis, heart - Speech Link
Asked by: John Whittingdale (Conservative - Maldon)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of hospital-acquired sepsis there were in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Department and NHS England do not centrally hold information on hospital acquired sepsis, although incidents of this may be held by local providers. The Office for National Statistics publishes the number of death registrations where sepsis is mentioned anywhere on the death certificate, in England and Wales. The following table shows the number of deaths registered where sepsis was mentioned anywhere on the death certificate in England and Wales, in each of the last ten years until 2022:
Year | Number of Deaths |
2013 | 22,967 |
2014 | 22,826 |
2015 | 24,784 |
2016 | 24,973 |
2017 | 23,709 |
2018 | 23,185 |
2019 | 21,458 |
2020 | 19,324 |
2021 | 21,947 |
2022 | 25,542 |
The figures for 2023 have not yet been published.
Mentions:
1: Victoria Atkins (Con - Louth and Horncastle) of 13-year-old Martha Mills, who, after being admitted to hospital following an accident, contracted sepsis - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Gulhane, Sandesh (Con - Glasgow) identifies and deals early with problems such as oral cancer and bacterial fungal infections that can cause sepsis - Speech Link
2: Webber, Sue (Con - Lothian) There are also bacterial and fungal infections that can cause sepsis, and gum disease is linked to a - Speech Link