Sepsis: Lessons not being learned, warns ombudsman
Read about the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s latest report into the state of sepsis care in the NHS.
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Read about the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s latest report into the state of sepsis care in the NHS.
The past decade has seen several campaigns to raise awareness of sepsis, but serious failings are still occurring, reports Jacqui Wise A damning report from the UK’s parliamentary and health service ombudsman published this week highlights sepsis deaths that he believes could have been prevented.1 Rob Behrens says that, despite a call to action 10 years ago by the then ombudsman in the report Time to Act ,2 the same serious failings remain evident, including delays in diagnosis and treatment, poor communication and record keeping, and missed opportunities for follow-up care. Behrens’s rep...
Patients are still dying due to failings highlighted more than a decade ago, the health ombudsman says.
The new report said the ‘same serious failings are still happening’ 10 years after the publication of a previous document.
Patients are still dying due to failings highlighted more than a decade ago, the health ombudsman says.