Hospital admits sepsis failure

THE widower of a woman who died from sepsis after a two-hour delay in hospital says his family “continues to miss her every day”.

Deirdre Wagstaff, from St Ives, died in Royal Cornwall Hospital (RCH) the day after she was diagnosed with the condition five years ago.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT), which runs Treliske hospital, admitted a breach of duty in that there was a two-hour delay in administering antibiotics to treat the mum-of-three and grandmother-ofsix’s sepsis.