Today, the Guardian has:

Sepsis, or blood poisoning, is a potentially fatal condition triggered when the body reacts to an infection by attacking its own tissues and vital organs. It leads to an estimated 48,000 deaths a year in Britain.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/23/poor-people-much-more-likely-die-sepsis-study

This somewhat dated figure (there is no reliable update) is based on the English data just increased pro rata for the other 3 nations.

I can’t find up-to-date accurate Scottish data for a bit of whitabootery but I can find this:

While deaths caused by sepsis have fallen by 21% since 2012, thanks in part to the work of the Scottish Patient Safety Programme, it is still vital that people are aware of this potentially fatal condition. https://www.gov.scot/news/raising-awareness-of-sepsis/

What’s the Scottish Patient Safety Programme and how good is it?

In January 2022:

The Scottish Patient Safety Programme (SPSP), introduced by the SNP Scottish Government in 2007, has been praised by a leading European expert on patient safety.

In Westminster’s Health Committee, Dr Pelle Gustafson, CMO at Swedish Patient Insurer, responded with “Scotland”, when he was asked which country he would hold at the very top pillar with regards to patient safety. 

Dr Gustfason said: “If you take all preventative work in regard to patient safety, I would say Scotland, I am personally very impressed with Scotland. I think in Scotland you have a long tradition of working, you have a development in the right direction and you also have a system which is fairly equal all over the place. You have improvement activities going on. So I am very impressed by Scotland”.https://mobile.twitter.com/DrGregorSmith/status/1481211002301685760

Does the above context matter to the BBC?

Our journalism will be well sourced, based on sound evidence, and thoroughly tested. It will rely on fact rather than opinion, and be set in context.

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