Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the incidence of sepsis in the UK in 2022; and what were the mortality rates for sepsis in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, and (4) 2022.

Information on the incidence of sepsis in the United Kingdom in 2022 has not been validated and cannot yet be published. Information on the mortality rates for sepsis is not held, however the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published the number of death registrations where sepsis was mentioned anywhere on the death certificate in England and Wales between 2001 and 2021. The number of deaths registered where sepsis was mentioned anywhere on the death certificate in England and Wales was 21,458 for 2019, 19,324 for 2020, and 21,947 for 2021. ONS has not yet published the number of death registrations for sepsis for 2022.