Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 April 2023

Committee on Public Petitions

Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Engagement with the HSE

Dr. Michael O'Dwyer:

Any way in which we can amplify the message can be useful as long as the message which is amplified is coming from trusted sources which take note of the delicacies between appropriately treating people and the inappropriate use of antibiotics in emergency department admissions and presentations. That is a very delicate balance to strike.

This week is Paediatric Sepsis Week. The HSE will put out our paediatric sepsis video and it is those sorts of things being amplified through the committee’s members to their constituents, which can only be helpful.