The 2025 event has now taken place, the 2026 Agenda will be live soon. If you would like to register your interest please fill in the form below.
Sepsis affects up to 246,00 people in the UK every year and continues to have a 25-30% mortality rate for people diagnosed with sepsis, climbing to 40-60% for those whose condition has progressed to septic shock. High-profile cases have attracted renewed attention to the treatment of sepsis, with the implementation of Martha’s Rule reflecting a growing concern about failures to provide rapid diagnosis and treatment. It is therefore imperative that healthcare providers improve staff awareness and confidence through regular training, provide specialist treatment for children and other vulnerable demographics, as well as deliver post-sepsis support services to help survivors throughout their recovery.
- 50,000 people die from Sepsis in the UK annually, according to Sepsis Research’s 22-23 annual review
- 25,000 cases of sepsis occur in children in the UK every year
- The most socioeconomically deprived groups in the UK are twice as likely to die from sepsis within 30 days, according to a 2023 study from the University of Manchester
Join us at The Sepsis Patient Care Conference 2026: Ensuring Early Detection and Effective Treatment to hear the latest policies and initiatives from across the healthcare sector in identifying and treating sepsis. Hear from best practice case studies covering a variety of key topics, including preventing deterioration, treating sepsis in children, and the use of digital resources and e-tracking to monitor patient progression. There will also be the opportunity to network with colleagues from across the sector to discuss streamlining the first 24 hours of sepsis treatment.
Why Attend:
✓ Insights into Sepsis Treatment Best Practice: hear from national experts on major challenges and trends around improving sepsis treatment
✓ Preventing Deterioration: guidance on improving escalation procedures to ensure sepsis patients receive rapid treatment once clinical parameters are met
✓ Upskilling Staff: explore initiatives to provide frontline staff with the training and confidence to proactively manage sepsis treatment
✓ Delivering Specialist Care: hear new initiatives to provide specialised paediatric and maternal sepsis care
✓ Supporting Patients After Recovery: guidance on delivering joined-up recovery pathways to support sepsis survivors throughout every stage of their rehabilitation
✓ Enhance your Professional Development: 8 CPD points towards your yearly quota
For more information or to make a booking please call 0330 058 4285
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2025 Agenda
Online Registration
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Chair’s Opening Remarks
Professor Tom Evans CBE, School of Infection & Immunity, University of Glasgow, (CONFIRMED)
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Keynote: Improving Sepsis Awareness in NHS Hospitals
- Taking a multi-faceted approach to raising awareness of sepsis
- Recruiting sepsis champions
- Sepsis Six Boxes
Sarah Odams, Lead Sepsis Nurse, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (CONFIRMED)
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Keynote: Challenges and Progress in National Sepsis Detection and Management
- Overview of the latest data and trends in sepsis care and treatment
- Understanding the impact of Martha’s Rule for frontline sepsis care providers
- Strategies for improving escalation pathways and delegating responsibilities to dedicated sepsis leads within wards
- Guidance on providing antibiotic treatment sooner in conjunction with NEWS2 patient monitoring to meet rapid treatment targets
Dr Ron Daniels, Chief Executive, Sepsis Trust (CONFIRMED)
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Questions & Answers
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Comfort Break
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Case Study: Strategies for Improving Sepsis Detection Through Innovative New Testing and Staff Training
- Creating ward champions: decentralising sepsis expertise to facilitate a faster response to suspected cases
- Guidance on hosting staff awareness campaigns to improve familiarity with key symptoms and the necessary immediate escalatory steps
- Trailing rapid-acting blood tests to increase diagnostic and treatment timescales
- Ensuring the sickest patients are triaged as part of a broader critical care admission and discharge strategy that prevents inefficient use of bed space
Michael Nertney, Chair, UK Sepsis Practitioner Forum and Clinical Educator, South Tees NHS Foundation Trust (CONFIRMED)
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Case Study: Ensuring Rapid Treatment and Monitoring for Children with Sepsis
- Diagnosing Sepsis in children, PHOENIX criteria
- Child sepsis flow-chart: how to rule out a sepsis diagnosis and fast-tracking sepsis screening
- The impact of Martha’s Rule for families; Providing information and support to families during a child’s hospital stay
- NHS E learning paediatric sepsis : Developing specialist training resources to ensure staff confident in diagnosing and treating children with sepsis
Dr Emma Lim, Paediatric Consultant, The Great North Children’s Hospital (CONFIRMED)
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Questions & Answers
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Lunch Break
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Breakout Networking: Overcoming Challenges and Sharing Successes in Supporting Vulnerable People with Sepsis
This session will provide you with the opportunity to discuss the main challenges you face around managing and monitoring sepsis patients within the first 24 hours of diagnosis. Network with senior colleagues and share innovative strategies around providing high-quality and proactive patient care.
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Case Study: Ensuring Early Sepsis Detection in Infant Care
Dr Abhishek Das, Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant in Infection, University College London, Div of Infection & Immunity (CONFIRMED)
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Case Study: Working Collaboratively to Deliver an Efficient Sepsis Care Pathway
Abstract: This session will focus on developing a robust and clear sepsis treatment pathway by encouraging inter-departmental collaboration as well as developing strong links with external community providers to ensure a rapid response to suspected infection cases.
- Guidance on creating dedicated sepsis leads to delegate responsibility and prevent treatment delays due to protracted authorisation pathways
- Ensuring strong collaborative links between departments through regular meetings to encourage continuous improvement and avoid duplication of efforts
- Guidance on creating a community screening tool prioritising accessibility to allow external care providers to make an initial infection assessment
Claire Burnett, Sepsis Lead Nurse, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (CONFIRMED)
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Case Study: Employing Virtual Reality and AI to Support Sepsis Training in NHS Hospitals
- Outlining the benefits of immersive technology offering asynchronous and scaled learning compared to traditional methods which can lack realism and scalability
- Creating a VR training module and AI virtual patients to simulate sepsis scenarios and practice history-taking for training nurses and doctors
- Considering the results and feedback of students and staff who have improved their diagnostic skills and confidence through immersive and interactive practice.
Dr Christopher Jacobs, GP & Lead of Undergraduate Medical Education, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CONFIRMED)
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Questions and Answers
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Chairs Closing Remarks
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Conference Close
Who Should Attend?
Delegates who will have an interest in this event will be healthcare professionals who work to tackle sepsis.
*This Conference is open to Public, Private and Third Sectors
For more information or to make a booking please call 0330 058 4285
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