Sepsis; Antibiotic Administration

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Dear Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS 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 (SOUTHPORT AND ORMSKIRK HOSPITAL NHS TRUST), Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

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Dear Jordan,

Re: FOI_1718_338

Please find within a response to your request for information submitted under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, which for clarity I have included below.

Request:
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?
Response:
Prescription only

Request:
Could you also please provide me a copy of your emergency department Sepsis proforma/flowchart/toolkit.
Response:
Please find attached the Sepsis proforma.

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