Dr. Orla Healy:

On the question of meeting representatives of the Lil Red campaign and Joanne Curran, I have met them myself and our programme manager meets them regularly. Staff change roles within the organisation but it is the most senior members of the team who meet people continuously, and Dr. O’Dwyer has also met representatives. That the representatives have met different people just reflects the fact people change roles within the organisation, but they are always more senior members of staff.

On the mandatory training, sepsis training is embedded in undergraduate and postgraduate training. It is on the curricula for those who are training.

For instance, it is part of the advanced life support training in paediatrics as well as emergency department and other specialties. There is an online module in HSeLanD. That is monitored locally through nursing practice development units and it is on the employment records for non-consultant hospital staff.