Panorama
Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
Season 65 · Episode 33 ·
Why Mum Died: Britain's Sepsis Crisis
Is the health service facing up to a medical emergency that now kills more than any cancers and heart attacks? When Alistair Jackson's elderly mother died suddenly in her local hospital, he was told she had received the best care possible. It took him two years to uncover how the tell-tale signs of suspected sepsis were missed and how potentially life-saving antibiotics weren't administered for hours. After getting to the truth, he meets the families of some of the estimated 14,000 people whose deaths might have been prevented with better treatment and hears from the health professionals trying to tackle Britain's 'silent killer'. The film reveals how under-reporting of sepsis cases means th
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Episode 33 of season 65 of Panorama: “Why Mum Died: Britain's Sepsis Crisis”. Aired 2017-09-11. Watch it online free on ZapFlix.