Sepsis Awareness

EDM number 470 in 2012-13, proposed by Jim Cunningham on 04/09/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases and Health services.

That this House notes that sepsis claims 37,000 lives in the UK every year which is more than breast, bowel and prostate cancer combined; supports the work of the UK Sepsis Group in raising awareness of the condition; further notes that simple timely interventions identified in international care standards by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign can halve the risk of death and save the NHS money; is concerned that in the UK these standards are metin fewer than one in seven cases; calls on the Department of Health to ensure that these standards are met across the NHS; and urges thatthe Quality Standard identified in the National Institute for Health and Clinical ExcellenceLibrary of Topics for Development on surgical site infection and sepsis should be broadened to include the whole spectrum of the condition and should be produced quickly.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.