Sepsis

Sepsis: why a nationally agreed early warning system for children is urgently needed

 Children's nurse Gillian Priday urged RCN congress to lobby for mandatory training to...

What we need to do to reduce the number of sepsis cases in the UK

With 200,000 cases in the UK every year, compulsory training in sepsis is vital

Congress demands mandatory sepsis training

RCN members back call for mandatory sepsis training after hearing survivor’s account

RCN congress to hear call for mandatory sepsis training for nurses and midwives

Sepsis survivor Tom Ray will use keynote speech to campaign for better support for nurses

Learning disability nursing delegates attempt world record at Positive Choices

Hundreds take part in world record sign language bid at conference

Give antibiotics for UTI to lessen sepsis risk

Antibiotics for suspected urinary tract infection in older people lessen the risk of sepsis

Sepsis guidance: what nurses are now required to do

Compliance has become mandatory for all NHS trusts in England

New sepsis guidance: nurses must escalate concerns earlier

NHS England calls for faster action – not just in the ED – but for in-patients too

Innovations in managing at risk and deteriorating adult patients at home

This article describes innovations in the recognition and management of at risk and...

Dear diary, it’s been another demanding day

Three nurses’ accounts of a shift offer a moving insight into daily pressures in the NHS

New three-minute sepsis detection test ‘could save thousands of lives’

Experts hope low-cost biomarker test will be available in the NHS in three to five years

Planting the seeds of sepsis education

A trip to India by RCNi student award winner helped her share infection control knowledge

RCN Wales Nurse of the Year: award for nurse who took action to boost sepsis education

Teaching package supports community staff to excalate concerns about patient deterioration

Shrewsbury and Telford care review: questions over deaths of 36 mothers and babies

Trust in special measures over concern about poor emergency and maternity care

Sepsis data tool could improve care and patient outcomes, says nurse expert

The SOS Insights Dashboard builds a picture of cases at local, regional and national level

Healthcare regulator monitors NHS trust’s services following inspection concerns

‘Urgent conditions’ imposed on Shrewsbury and Telford’s maternity and emergency departments

60 seconds with sepsis specialist nurse Clair Sandy

Sepsis specialist nurse Clair Sandy talks about her work and her best lesson from nursing

Nurses’ concerns about sepsis ‘ignored’ at Russells Hall Hospital emergency department

CQC inspectors demand regular updates on A&E staffing, sepsis management and triage

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