Sepsis; Antibiotic Administration

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Dear Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust,

As part of your trusts clinical response to emergency department sepsis presentations; could you clarify whether antibiotics are administered under Patient group directives (PGD) or prescription only?
Could you also please provide me a copy of your emergency department Sepsis proforma/flowchart/toolkit.

Yours faithfully,

Jordan Gillard

FOI, rf (ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

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Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

FOI, rf (ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Mr Gillard

 

Further to your request for information please see the responses below in
red font.  The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust acquired Barnet and
Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust on 1 July 2014.  This response covers
Barnet Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital where the trust’s A&E
Departments are sited.   

 

 

As part of your trusts clinical response to emergency department sepsis
presentations; could you clarify whether antibiotics are administered
under Patient group directives (PGD) or prescription only?

Antibiotics are administered under a prescription only.

 

 

Could you also please provide me a copy of your emergency department
Sepsis proforma/flowchart/toolkit.

Please find attached the most recent adult sepsis pathways for each site.
(Barnet Hospital & Royal Free Hospital)

 

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Alison Macdonald

Board Secretary