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Giles Hartley, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Ron Daniels, UK Sepsis Trust
working at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend were indicted on charges relating to alleged falsification of patient notes regarding blood glucose levels. Following Prof Thimbleby’s analysis, the case against the two nurses accused of fabricating the test results was dropped. The judge ruled that the data from the glucometers – which measured blood sugar levels – could not be put before a jury. The judge said that technical flaws should have
been uncovered sooner, adding it could have prevented “enormous” amounts of money being spent on the case. Taking to the stage after Prof Thimbleby,
Dr Ron Daniels, consultant in critical care and anaesthesia, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust and chief executive of the UK Sepsis Trust, shared his insight on the global burden of Sepsis. Dr Daniels shared an alarming figure of six to nine million global deaths due to sepsis – adding that
On the back of an already successful relationship with Welch Allyn, we wanted to build on this by improving the quality of observations, give back time to care, reduce transcription errors and enable more traceability for staff and patients. Jayne Green, Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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Professor Harold Thimbleby, Swansea University
most of these deaths are preventable. Sepsis follows a unique and time-critical course, which in the early stages is highly amenable to treatment through early diagnosis and timely clinical management. Dr Daniels discussed the burden of sepsis and what can be done to reduce this. “There are between 200,000 and 1.7 million cases of sepsis and severe infection every year in the UK – and this number is rising,” he said. “There are at least 44,000 and likely nearer 80,000 deaths from sepsis every year in the UK, and around 40% of survivors of sepsis suffer at least one of a range of physical, cognitive and psychological sequalae.”
Dr Daniels and his team developed the ‘Sepsis Six’ care bundle, now in use in many countries, and the clinical concept of ‘Red Flag Sepsis’.
Sepsis Six was developed in 2006 as a practical tool to help healthcare professionals deliver the basics of care rapidly and reliably. In 2011, The UK Sepsis Trust published evidence that use of the Sepsis Six was linked to a 50% reduction in mortality,
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