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Martha’s Rule – the right to a second opinion
Posted: 15/08/2024
‘Martha’s Rule’, which allows patients to seek an urgent second opinion, is being introduced across the NHS. The rule is named after Martha Mills, a 13-year-old girl who sadly died after she developed sepsis in hospital. Sepsis is life-threatening and difficult to spot. It is caused by the body’s own response to infection, which can develop......>>
Sepsis and amputation: reclaiming independence after limb loss
Posted: 25/07/2024
Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction. It is not contagious and occurs when the immune system responds to infection or injury. Usually, the immune system works to attack the infection but, occasionally, it overreacts and starts damaging the body’s own tissue and organs, causing widespread inflammation and impairing blood flow. If not treated, this......>>
Sepsis awareness: a look at recent developments
Posted: 11/07/2024
Sepsis is the body’s response to infection. It develops when the immune system overreacts to an infection or injury and attacks its own tissues and organs. The UK Sepsis Trust estimates that 48,000 people die each year from sepsis-related illnesses, and states that, sadly, thousands of these are preventable. In late 2023, the UK’s Health Ombudsman......>>
Sepsis: the importance of rapid treatment in the ‘golden hour’
Posted: 04/07/2024
A student who died in hospital after her sepsis infection went unnoticed ‘wasn't listened to in screams of pain’, according to media reports, which stated that Maddy Lawrence, 20 years old, was playing rugby when she was injured after being tackled. She dislocated her hip and was taken to Southmead Hospital in Bristol, but died just over......>>
Group B Strep Awareness Month: a simple test can save a baby’s life
Posted: 01/07/2024
July 2024 is Group B Strep Awareness Month. Group B strep is an infection, common in adults, that can cause serious illness and death in babies. It can be tested for during pregnancy, and antibiotics during labour significantly reduce the risk of it being passed to the baby. However, the test is not offered routinely by the NHS. It is therefore important......>>

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