Sepsis: Screening

(asked on 6th September 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that screening for sepsis is available in all healthcare settings.


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Will Quince
This question was answered on 29th September 2022

Screening, diagnosis and treatment of deterioration from infection, including from sepsis, is supported in all healthcare settings by use of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS2), a screening tool which assists clinicians to identify and respond to patients at risk of deteriorating from infection.

Additionally, we are working with NHS England to update NEWS2 following publication of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges’ ‘Statement on the initial antimicrobial treatment of sepsis’ in May 2022, to ensure that clinicians working in acute settings are provided with a framework for clinical judgement of the management and treatment of deterioration from infection, including sepsis.

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