Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Yes. We asked that they come back to us with clarification. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Petition No. 52 of 2022, entitled Lil Red's Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign, was submitted by Mr. Joseph Hughes. This petition requests that the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, and the HSE’s national sepsis programme develop a sepsis awareness campaign for television and radio explaining to the public how to recognise the signs and symptoms of sepsis. The secretariat corresponded with the Minister for Health and the HSE on behalf of the petitioner. The HSE responded advising that, among other things, the national clinical programme is applying for additional funding to develop a national television campaign to raise awareness about sepsis, which it aims to run in 2023. This was forwarded to the petitioner for comment as agreed at the committee’s public meeting of 27 October 2022. Since then, the national patient safety office in the Department corresponded with the committee, stating that following correspondence they received from our committee, it is reviewing its position and has advised the Minister for Health in that regard. On 25 November, the secretariat received further correspondence from the HSE advising that the national clinical sepsis programme no longer intends to seek funding for a television campaign this year, rather, it will focus on annual awareness campaigns that will take place in September 2023. The committee recommends that the correspondence from the HSE be sent to the petitioner for comment within 14 days and the petitioner be invited to appear before the committee as soon as is practicable. Is that agreed?