23 April 2026
Sepsis is life threatening and life changing, around 20% of people who develop sepsis do not survive and 40% of those who survive have significant cognitive or functional impairment (Burki, 2018; Prescott and Angus, 2018). The 2024 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline focused on enabling clinicians to identify those who were sickest and to ensure that they received prompt treatment. The guideline advised clinicians to take a little more time to diagnose those who were less acutely ill and to prescribe an appropriate antibiotic rather than a broad spectrum one (NICE, 2024).
