• 0 Nottingham conference 2023, 10th annual conference

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        Thanks to Nottingham Hospitals for hosting the 10th Annual Conference. Excellent speakers as always and some great learning opportunities. -UK Sepsis Trust and Dr Ron Daniels - Patient speaker - Nottingham hospitals, Blood culture project - Identification of sepsis in patients with learning disabilities, Dr Alison Tavare - DECIDE study from Duncan Smith - Worry and concern project with John Welch - PEWS discussion with Prof Damien Rowland - UHL digital journey -Antimicrobial treatment for sepsis with Prof Julian Bion   After UKSPF elections welcomed newly elected Michael Nertney as chair and a new committee. Helen stepped down as chair after a longer than expected term during the pandemic and after.   The old and new committee would like to thank all delegates for participation and feedback. Biggest thanks to this years sponsors Biomerieux, BD, Baxter, Alcidion and UK sepsis trust!!!!!

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    1 Conference and AGM 2022

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      Conference and AGM 2022, The Grand, York. Thanks to all who attended our 2022 event. Yes, it was very Grand at The Grand in 2022. We had the pleasure of listening to some excellent speakers from across the country. Most of the day ran without any issues but obviously had a few technical issues (living in technical times without super super fast wifi). Delightful and very tasty food and refreshments were well received during the course of the day. The AGM we were able to discuss any items which members would like to address in 2023, and also welcomed Micheal Nertney as Deputy chair Sally Wood and Jo Butler who will take on the UKSPF secretary role. It was agreed that myself, Sian and Melissa will extend our term in our current committee role due to post pandemic and recent re-engagement with new and current members. Lets hope 2023 is a good one.  Helen .       some of this years sponsors

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    1 A day in the life.....

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    Hi all, I’m a Trust Sepsis Nurse Practitioner and trainee ACP within the Deteriorating Patient Team at The Dudley Group of Hospitals in the West Midlands. With 16 years critical care and critical care outreach experience I branched off in 2013 to join the resus team, little did I know a CQUIN would soon change my career! In early 2016 I was asked if would mind picking up a few hours bank collecting data for the sepsis CQUIN then before I knew it I had applied for and got a band 7 as the new sepsis lead for the trust ready to set up a brand new service. Hitting the ground running with NICE guidance 51 just released, I launched a new sepsis screening and action tool for the trust from the UK Sepsis Trust, whilst continuing with the CQUIN and trying to network to forge new links discovered the UKSPF. Technology jumped in to help us out with the CQUIN with the trust changing to e-obs recordings and e-sepsis screening tools as the first parts of our new electronic patient record system in 2018.  Four years on and I am no longer the sole sepsis practitioner, as the team and service have grown! I am now part of a deteriorating patient team with four Trust Sepsis Nurse Practitioners training to become ACP’s, plus two sepsis nurses, two resus officers and a deteriorating patient lead. March this year we expanded with our two sepsis nurses and extended our hours and started providing a seven day service from 0700-1930 due to the acuity from covid. Our days start and end with a handover from the ACP’s in the hospital at night team and critical care outreach and then the on call medical handover at 0900. However, the hours in between can and do contain anything as we don’t just attend sepsis patients but work both independently from the deteriorating patient dashboard and alongside the medical emergency team attending any adult or paediatric patient who is deteriorating. As an ALS and EPALS instructor and provider that can include leading or assisting during cardiac arrests. We have two on duty each day so that one can cover our acute medical unit, emergency department and emergency calls on the ground floor - whilst the other covers all other ward areas including paediatrics and maternity. We receive electronic alerts for AKI stage 3 patients, and will aim to ensure bundles are in place for some other acute admissions with decompensated alcoholic liver disease or community acquired pneumonias. Alongside the clinical aspect of the role we also provide bespoke education sessions on sepsis and deteriorating patients from 1:1’s to a lecture theatre full. We have a regular slot on the new FY1, graduate nurse and TNA education programmes, and deliver the UKST education programme at regular intervals in the year. Due to e-sepsis, audits are so much simpler than when the screens were paper based, so reporting within the trust and externally can all be generated directly from the dashboard in seconds giving us oversite of every patient that triggered a single trigger of 3 or a NEWS2 of 5 or more, a PEWS of 5 or more, MEOWS amber or red triggers or a drop of 2 or more on GCS as well as any patient a healthcare professional has said looks sick or with parental concern in paediatrics. We are also taking part in the ADAPT sepsis trial at present so you may also find us recruiting the patients we transfer into critical care – helping us to achieve all four pillars of advanced practice. Finally as well as all this I am currently in my final year of ACP training currently undertaking my dissertation as well as being a clinical educator for the UKST and communications officer for the UKSPF – no rest for the wicked!

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    0 Sepsis September

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    So sepsis September is over and into October. Well done to everyone for all your sepsis awareness raising campaigns over the past month. At South Tees Jacqui, Tracey, Pippa, Maureen and I had a great WSD and even had some tasty treats donated from Greggs. Highlight of the day had to be the draw of our sepsis quiz retweeted by Fern Britton :)   Keep up the great work guys. See you at the conference

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    0 welcome

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    Morning all , Welcome to the UKSPF blog.Hope everyone is having a lovely summer. The website is looking fab! Remember to use the forum to post questions etc.Keep an eye on the blog for stories, news, fundraising etc. Conference 2018 update coming soon!!!! Helen

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