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Written Question
Sepsis: Health Education
Wednesday 23rd April 2025

Asked by: Andrew Pakes (Labour (Co-op) - Peterborough)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase public awareness of the symptoms of sepsis.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Sepsis has no specific diagnostic test, and the signs and symptoms can vary, making it challenging to identify and diagnose.

We are focused on improving the clinical awareness and recognition of sepsis by healthcare professionals, so that unwell and deteriorating patients are identified promptly and started on life-saving treatment. NHS England has launched several training programmes aimed at improving the diagnosis and early management of sepsis. These programmes are regularly reviewed and revised with support from subject matter experts as updated national sepsis guidance is implemented.

Local National Health Service trusts may choose to run local public awareness campaigns on sepsis.


Written Question
Sepsis: Health Services
Tuesday 22nd April 2025

Asked by: Andrew Pakes (Labour (Co-op) - Peterborough)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to include the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of sepsis in the 10 Year Health Plan.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

We have committed to develop a 10 Year Plan to deliver a National Health Service fit for the future. This will include how we improve access to, and the experience of, urgent and emergency care, such as for when people develop sepsis.


Written Question
NHS: Apprentices
Monday 4th November 2024

Asked by: Andrew Pakes (Labour (Co-op) - Peterborough)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS trusts use apprenticeship funding to develop their clinical workforce.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Provisional data, published by the Department for Education and covering all apprenticeships, indicates that there were 18,400 NHS apprenticeship starts from 191 NHS employers for the 2023/24 financial year.

'Public sector apprenticeships - aggregate return values by sub-sector' from 'Apprenticeships', Permanent data table - Explore education statistics - GOV.UK

With regards to the number of clinical apprenticeships within NHS Trusts, data is not validated.