12. Short Debate: Sepsis — The Chameleon

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 8:08 pm on 18 April 2018.

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Photo of Janet Finch-Saunders Janet Finch-Saunders Conservative 8:08, 18 April 2018

Diolch, Llywydd. Again, I'd just like to endorse and pay tribute to Angela for her contribution there that covered so many aspects of sepsis. Daily, we're reading now about how brutal this disease is, and how people are still very much unaware. I would just like to touch on people who are 'hospital at home', who are in an environment where they are reliant on carers coming in, and how quickly things can escalate, such as a urine infection. And then, when they're taken to hospital, even now, I am being informed of cases where it has not been identified. Could it be sepsis when people are there? And, literally, their lives are ebbing away. Sepsis is a horrendous thing. And one thing is that once you've had sepsis, it is a fact that you can never, ever think that you'll—. It leaves its mark on you and it can come back at any time when your C-reactive protein levels are up, any time that your resistance is low. So, this is really an important debate here tonight, and it's one that I wholeheartedly support Angela Burns on. Please make an awareness campaign. Get that education out there in schools, in hospitals, in care homes, in hospitals at home, in people's own homes. And please, Cabinet Secretary; you have the levers, please use them and let's not see such horrendous scenarios that I am only too well aware of myself, but also with friends, colleagues and my own constituents in Aberconwy. Thank you.