Mr Hunt has collaborated with the UK Sepsis Trust (UKST) and Public Health England (PHE) to launch the campaign that aims to raise awareness of the condition, which causes 37,000 deaths in England each year.
It forms part of measures by the NHS to tackle sepsis – a blood condition that is triggered by an infection or injury.
Under the campaign millions of leaflets have been distributed to GP surgeries and hospitals across the country urging parents of children from birth to age four to take them to A&E or call 999 if they display symptoms. Warnings on sepsis will also be added to the Personal Child Health Record, known as the ‘red book’, given to parents/carers at a child’s birth.
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