Mother of Sepsis victim to meet Health Secretary to outline need for awareness campaign

A mother from Cornwall who's campaigning to raise awareness of Sepsis after her son died - is meeting Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt later this morning.

Melissa Mead's one-year-old son William died after medics repeatedly failed to spot the symptoms of the condition.

She's hoping to secure funding for a national awareness campaign with the Health Secretary expected to agree to a budget for it.

A report into William's death found he could have been saved had a 111 call-handler noticed how seriously ill he was. Credit: family photo

William Mead died in December 2014 after contracting Sepsis from a chest infection.>It became clear medics had repeatedly failed to spot the symptoms and seriousness of his condition. >Earlier this year a report found a call-handler at the NHS non-emergency 111 number could have saved William's life if they had known the gravity of his illness.

Jeremy Hunt would later apologise in front of the House of Commonsfor the failures that led to William's death.

William's mother Melissa has since campaigned for much greater national awareness into the blood infection which kills more than 40,000 people in the UK each year. Credit: ITV News

Melissa Mead has since taken her message to the public calling for a national awareness campaign into Sepsis which kills more than 40,000 people each year.>She says GPs, parents, teachers and hospitals need to understand what the blood infection is so that her son didn't die in vain.