Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cases of sepsis there were in each region of England in each of the last ten years for which figures are available.

Data are not collected in the format requested. Cases of sepsis can only be identified where a hospital admission occurred; therefore collected figures exclude cases treated without the patient being admitted to hospital. Admissions do not represent the number of patients, as a person may have more than one admission within the period.

Data on finished admission episodes with a primary or secondary diagnosis of sepsis by government office region of residence years 2007-08 to 2016-17 is shown in the attached table.

Sepsis is a devastating condition that we need to get better at spotting across the National Health Service. By raising awareness and improving clinical practice we will save lives in the fight against this horrible illness. Better awareness has led to more cases of sepsis being detected across all age groups. A new action plan was launched in September 2017 to ensure the NHS is on the highest possible alert to tackle this silent killer.