Shropshire health bosses talk at conference on sepsis

Shropshire health bosses spoke about the public health challenge caused by sepsis at a special conference organised by Staffordshire University this week.

Professor Rod Thompson, director of public health, was speaking at the Could it Be Sepsis? event which took place at the Shropshire Education and Conference Centre on the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital site.

He called for a “step change in the way we deal with sepsis” and said not enough of the health service budget was directed towards prevention of serious conditions like sepsis which claimed more UK lives than lung cancer.