Hospital admissions for sepsis more than double in three years
(World News UK)

Hospital admissions for deadly sepsis in England have more than doubled in three years, new figures show. Data obtained by PA shows a rise in recorded admissions among all age groups, including the very young, prompting the head of the UK Sepsis Trust to warn parents they need to be just as vigilant for sepsis as meningitis. The NHS Digital data shows there were 350,344 recorded hospital admissions with a first or second diagnosis of sepsis in 2017/18, up from 169,125 three years earlier. This includes 38,401 admissions among those aged four and under, up from 30,981 in 2015/16. The NHS has become much better at spotting and treating sepsis quickly over the last few years, so even though...